πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Leo has 24 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
2Sam sews a ribbon all the way around the edge of a rug that is 5 feet long and 10 feet wide. How many feet of ribbon does Sam need?
Answer: ______________ feet
3Sam paints a picture that is 10 inches wide and 2 inches tall. What is the area of the picture?
Answer: ______________ square inches
4A rectangle-shaped playground has a perimeter of 28 feet. One side is 9 feet long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ feet
5Sam builds a pen for a puppy, 2 feet long and 4 feet wide. How many square feet of room does the puppy have?
Answer: ______________ square feet
6Maya builds a pen for a puppy, 6 yards long and 3 yards wide. How many square yards of room does the puppy have?
Answer: ______________ square yards
7A rug in Zoe's room is 10 feet long and 8 feet wide. How many square feet of floor does it cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
8Aiden walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 18 yards in all. The yard is 7 yards long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ yards
9A puppy pen is 6 feet long and 3 feet wide. How many feet of fence go all the way around it?
Answer: ______________ feet
10Leo has 20 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
11A rug in Maya's room is 10 feet long and 10 feet wide. How many square feet of floor does it cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
12Lily builds a pen for a puppy, 3 yards long and 10 yards wide. How many square yards of room does the puppy have?
Answer: ______________ square yards
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 3 yards
- 2. 30 feet
- 3. 20 square inches
- 4. 5 feet
- 5. 8 square feet
- 6. 18 square yards
- 7. 80 square feet
- 8. 2 yards
- 9. 18 feet
- 10. 2 meters
- 11. 100 square feet
- 12. 30 square yards
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