πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Lily has 26 meters of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 8 meters long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ meters
2Sam puts a fence all the way around a garden that is 3 feet long and 5 feet wide. How many feet of fence does Sam need?
Answer: ______________ feet
3A rectangle-shaped poster has an area of 50 square feet. It is 5 feet tall. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
4Zoe paints a picture that is 9 inches wide and 6 inches tall. What is the area of the picture?
Answer: ______________ square inches
5The class bulletin board is 10 feet long and 6 feet tall. How many square feet of paper cover it?
Answer: ______________ square feet
6Leo glues a frame around a picture that is 10 inches wide and 7 inches tall. How long is the frame all the way around?
Answer: ______________ inches
7A puppy pen is 8 yards long and 7 yards wide. How many yards of fence go all the way around it?
Answer: ______________ yards
8Leo swims along every side of a pool that is 3 meters long and 6 meters wide, back to the start. How far does Leo swim?
Answer: ______________ meters
9Aiden puts a border all the way around a bulletin board that is 2 feet long and 8 feet tall. How many feet of border are needed?
Answer: ______________ feet
10Lily paints a picture that is 2 centimeters wide and 7 centimeters tall. What is the area of the picture?
Answer: ______________ square centimeters
11Lily's garden has an area of 9 square feet. It is 3 feet wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
12A pool cover has to cover a pool 10 feet long and 10 feet wide. How many square feet is the cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 5 meters
- 2. 16 feet
- 3. 10 feet
- 4. 54 square inches
- 5. 60 square feet
- 6. 34 inches
- 7. 30 yards
- 8. 18 meters
- 9. 20 feet
- 10. 14 square centimeters
- 11. 3 feet
- 12. 100 square feet
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