πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Leo sews a ribbon all the way around the edge of a rug that is 8 feet long and 3 feet wide. How many feet of ribbon does Leo need?
Answer: ______________ feet
2Sam walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 14 feet in all. The yard is 4 feet long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
3Leo has 18 feet of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 6 feet long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ feet
4Priya's garden is 2 meters long and 4 meters wide. How many square meters of garden can Priya plant?
Answer: ______________ square meters
5Zoe sews a ribbon all the way around the edge of a rug that is 2 feet long and 2 feet wide. How many feet of ribbon does Zoe need?
Answer: ______________ feet
6A rectangle-shaped poster has an area of 15 square feet. It is 3 feet tall. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
7The class bulletin board is 3 feet long and 10 feet tall. How many square feet of paper cover it?
Answer: ______________ square feet
8Maya swims along every side of a pool that is 6 feet long and 3 feet wide, back to the start. How far does Maya swim?
Answer: ______________ feet
9Maya has 34 meters of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 10 meters long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ meters
10Leo puts a fence all the way around a garden that is 5 meters long and 5 meters wide. How many meters of fence does Leo need?
Answer: ______________ meters
11Zoe's garden is 7 feet long and 7 feet wide. How many square feet of garden can Zoe plant?
Answer: ______________ square feet
12Priya sews a ribbon all the way around the edge of a rug that is 9 feet long and 7 feet wide. How many feet of ribbon does Priya need?
Answer: ______________ feet
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 22 feet
- 2. 3 feet
- 3. 3 feet
- 4. 8 square meters
- 5. 8 feet
- 6. 5 feet
- 7. 30 square feet
- 8. 18 feet
- 9. 7 meters
- 10. 20 meters
- 11. 49 square feet
- 12. 32 feet
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