πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A puppy pen is 9 yards long and 6 yards wide. How many yards of fence go all the way around it?
Answer: ______________ yards
2Priya paints a picture that is 2 inches wide and 6 inches tall. What is the area of the picture?
Answer: ______________ square inches
3A pool cover has to cover a pool 3 meters long and 4 meters wide. How many square meters is the cover?
Answer: ______________ square meters
4Maya puts a border all the way around a bulletin board that is 9 feet long and 4 feet tall. How many feet of border are needed?
Answer: ______________ feet
5Maya's team runs all the way around a field that is 7 meters long and 3 meters wide. How far is one lap?
Answer: ______________ meters
6Priya paints a picture that is 6 centimeters wide and 3 centimeters tall. What is the area of the picture?
Answer: ______________ square centimeters
7Lily walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 22 feet in all. The yard is 8 feet long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
8Leo glues a frame around a picture that is 3 centimeters wide and 3 centimeters tall. How long is the frame all the way around?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
9A pool cover has to cover a pool 7 feet long and 6 feet wide. How many square feet is the cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
10Sam walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 22 yards in all. The yard is 6 yards long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ yards
11Leo paints a picture that is 7 inches wide and 6 inches tall. What is the area of the picture?
Answer: ______________ square inches
12Zoe has 32 feet of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 10 feet long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ feet
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 30 yards
- 2. 12 square inches
- 3. 12 square meters
- 4. 26 feet
- 5. 20 meters
- 6. 18 square centimeters
- 7. 3 feet
- 8. 12 centimeters
- 9. 42 square feet
- 10. 5 yards
- 11. 42 square inches
- 12. 6 feet
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