πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Aiden puts a fence all the way around a garden that is 10 feet long and 5 feet wide. How many feet of fence does Aiden need?
Answer: ______________ feet
2Aiden walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 18 feet in all. The yard is 6 feet long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
3Maya puts a fence all the way around a garden that is 5 feet long and 8 feet wide. How many feet of fence does Maya need?
Answer: ______________ feet
4A rug in Lily's room is 5 feet long and 6 feet wide. How many square feet of floor does it cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
5A rug in Leo's room is 8 feet long and 3 feet wide. How many square feet of floor does it cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
6A rug in Omar's room is 9 feet long and 4 feet wide. How many square feet of floor does it cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
7Zoe paints a picture that is 7 inches wide and 6 inches tall. What is the area of the picture?
Answer: ______________ square inches
8A rug in Omar's room is 4 feet long and 3 feet wide. How many square feet of floor does it cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
9Aiden builds a pen for a puppy, 9 feet long and 9 feet wide. How many square feet of room does the puppy have?
Answer: ______________ square feet
10A playing field is 7 meters long and 5 meters wide. How many square meters of grass does it have?
Answer: ______________ square meters
11A rectangle-shaped playground has a perimeter of 16 feet. One side is 4 feet long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ feet
12The class bulletin board is 7 feet long and 7 feet tall. How many square feet of paper cover it?
Answer: ______________ square feet
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 30 feet
- 2. 3 feet
- 3. 26 feet
- 4. 30 square feet
- 5. 24 square feet
- 6. 36 square feet
- 7. 42 square inches
- 8. 12 square feet
- 9. 81 square feet
- 10. 35 square meters
- 11. 4 feet
- 12. 49 square feet
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