πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A rug covers 72 square feet of floor. It is 8 feet wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
2Maya puts a border all the way around a bulletin board that is 5 feet long and 2 feet tall. How many feet of border are needed?
Answer: ______________ feet
3Lily has 30 yards of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 9 yards long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ yards
4A rug covers 21 square feet of floor. It is 3 feet wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
5A puppy pen is 3 feet long and 7 feet wide. How many feet of fence go all the way around it?
Answer: ______________ feet
6A rug covers 48 square inches of floor. It is 6 inches wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
7Priya's garden is 7 meters long and 8 meters wide. How many square meters of garden can Priya plant?
Answer: ______________ square meters
8A park is 4 yards long and 7 yards wide. What is the area of the park?
Answer: ______________ square yards
9Priya puts a fence all the way around a garden that is 10 feet long and 7 feet wide. How many feet of fence does Priya need?
Answer: ______________ feet
10Priya builds a pen for a puppy, 5 feet long and 7 feet wide. How many square feet of room does the puppy have?
Answer: ______________ square feet
11Sam sews a ribbon all the way around the edge of a rug that is 2 feet long and 4 feet wide. How many feet of ribbon does Sam need?
Answer: ______________ feet
12A rug covers 40 square inches of floor. It is 5 inches wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 9 feet
- 2. 14 feet
- 3. 6 yards
- 4. 7 feet
- 5. 20 feet
- 6. 8 inches
- 7. 56 square meters
- 8. 28 square yards
- 9. 34 feet
- 10. 35 square feet
- 11. 12 feet
- 12. 8 inches
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