πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Zoe swims along every side of a pool that is 10 feet long and 4 feet wide, back to the start. How far does Zoe swim?
Answer: ______________ feet
2Priya paints a picture that is 5 inches wide and 10 inches tall. What is the area of the picture?
Answer: ______________ square inches
3Priya's garden has an area of 20 square meters. It is 4 meters wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
4Lily puts a border all the way around a bulletin board that is 2 feet long and 4 feet tall. How many feet of border are needed?
Answer: ______________ feet
5The class bulletin board is 10 feet long and 2 feet tall. How many square feet of paper cover it?
Answer: ______________ square feet
6A puppy pen is 9 yards long and 9 yards wide. How many yards of fence go all the way around it?
Answer: ______________ yards
7Sam has 34 yards of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 10 yards long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ yards
8A rug covers 64 square feet of floor. It is 8 feet wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
9A park is 3 yards long and 6 yards wide. What is the area of the park?
Answer: ______________ square yards
10Lily's garden is 4 meters long and 5 meters wide. How many square meters of garden can Lily plant?
Answer: ______________ square meters
11Zoe 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
12Aiden walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 24 feet in all. The yard is 6 feet long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 28 feet
- 2. 50 square inches
- 3. 5 meters
- 4. 12 feet
- 5. 20 square feet
- 6. 36 yards
- 7. 7 yards
- 8. 8 feet
- 9. 18 square yards
- 10. 20 square meters
- 11. 8 square feet
- 12. 6 feet
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