πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Maya glues a frame around a picture that is 4 centimeters wide and 5 centimeters tall. How long is the frame all the way around?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
2A rug covers 42 square meters of floor. It is 6 meters wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
3A rectangle-shaped poster has an area of 12 square meters. It is 2 meters tall. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
4A rectangle-shaped playground has a perimeter of 14 yards. One side is 5 yards long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ yards
5A puppy pen is 5 feet long and 3 feet wide. How many feet of fence go all the way around it?
Answer: ______________ feet
6Priya's garden is 10 meters long and 4 meters wide. How many square meters of garden can Priya plant?
Answer: ______________ square meters
7Priya paints a picture that is 2 inches wide and 9 inches tall. What is the area of the picture?
Answer: ______________ square inches
8Leo walks all the way around a park that is 8 yards long and 10 yards wide. How far does Leo walk?
Answer: ______________ yards
9A rectangle-shaped playground has a perimeter of 14 yards. One side is 4 yards long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ yards
10Priya's team runs all the way around a field that is 7 meters long and 8 meters wide. How far is one lap?
Answer: ______________ meters
11A rectangle-shaped poster has an area of 16 square feet. It is 4 feet tall. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
12A rectangle-shaped poster has an area of 12 square feet. It is 3 feet tall. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 18 centimeters
- 2. 7 meters
- 3. 6 meters
- 4. 2 yards
- 5. 16 feet
- 6. 40 square meters
- 7. 18 square inches
- 8. 36 yards
- 9. 3 yards
- 10. 30 meters
- 11. 4 feet
- 12. 4 feet
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