πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Maya has 22 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
2Omar has 26 yards of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 7 yards long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ yards
3Priya builds a pen for a puppy, 10 feet long and 3 feet wide. How many square feet of room does the puppy have?
Answer: ______________ square feet
4Zoe's garden is 3 feet long and 9 feet wide. How many square feet of garden can Zoe plant?
Answer: ______________ square feet
5Aiden puts a fence all the way around a garden that is 3 feet long and 6 feet wide. How many feet of fence does Aiden need?
Answer: ______________ feet
6A rectangle-shaped playground has a perimeter of 28 meters. One side is 9 meters long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ meters
7Leo swims along every side of a pool that is 8 meters long and 9 meters wide, back to the start. How far does Leo swim?
Answer: ______________ meters
8A rug covers 64 square inches of floor. It is 8 inches wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
9Aiden walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 22 meters in all. The yard is 7 meters long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
10Maya puts a border all the way around a bulletin board that is 6 feet long and 4 feet tall. How many feet of border are needed?
Answer: ______________ feet
11A rectangle-shaped playground has a perimeter of 16 meters. One side is 5 meters long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ meters
12A rectangle-shaped playground has a perimeter of 22 meters. One side is 7 meters long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ meters
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 2 yards
- 2. 6 yards
- 3. 30 square feet
- 4. 27 square feet
- 5. 18 feet
- 6. 5 meters
- 7. 34 meters
- 8. 8 inches
- 9. 4 meters
- 10. 20 feet
- 11. 3 meters
- 12. 4 meters
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