πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Maya puts a border all the way around a bulletin board that is 8 feet long and 8 feet tall. How many feet of border are needed?
Answer: ______________ feet
2Leo puts a fence all the way around a garden that is 8 feet long and 2 feet wide. How many feet of fence does Leo need?
Answer: ______________ feet
3A puppy pen is 7 feet long and 6 feet wide. How many feet of fence go all the way around it?
Answer: ______________ feet
4Zoe builds a pen for a puppy, 2 feet long and 3 feet wide. How many square feet of room does the puppy have?
Answer: ______________ square feet
5Omar swims along every side of a pool that is 4 meters long and 9 meters wide, back to the start. How far does Omar swim?
Answer: ______________ meters
6The class bulletin board is 7 feet long and 5 feet tall. How many square feet of paper cover it?
Answer: ______________ square feet
7Leo glues a frame around a picture that is 3 centimeters wide and 8 centimeters tall. How long is the frame all the way around?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
8Zoe walks all the way around a park that is 6 yards long and 3 yards wide. How far does Zoe walk?
Answer: ______________ yards
9Priya's team runs all the way around a field that is 8 meters long and 7 meters wide. How far is one lap?
Answer: ______________ meters
10Zoe swims along every side of a pool that is 8 meters long and 9 meters wide, back to the start. How far does Zoe swim?
Answer: ______________ meters
11A playing field is 6 meters long and 8 meters wide. How many square meters of grass does it have?
Answer: ______________ square meters
12Maya sews a ribbon all the way around the edge of a rug that is 2 feet long and 3 feet wide. How many feet of ribbon does Maya need?
Answer: ______________ feet
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 32 feet
- 2. 20 feet
- 3. 26 feet
- 4. 6 square feet
- 5. 26 meters
- 6. 35 square feet
- 7. 22 centimeters
- 8. 18 yards
- 9. 30 meters
- 10. 34 meters
- 11. 48 square meters
- 12. 10 feet
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