πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Leo's garden is 5 feet long and 7 feet wide. How many square feet of garden can Leo plant?
Answer: ______________ square feet
2Priya puts a border all the way around a bulletin board that is 3 feet long and 8 feet tall. How many feet of border are needed?
Answer: ______________ feet
3Omar walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 18 yards in all. The yard is 5 yards long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ yards
4A rectangle-shaped poster has an area of 12 square inches. It is 3 inches tall. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
5Omar puts a fence all the way around a garden that is 3 meters long and 8 meters wide. How many meters of fence does Omar need?
Answer: ______________ meters
6A rectangle-shaped playground has a perimeter of 26 yards. One side is 7 yards long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ yards
7Maya's garden is 8 feet long and 8 feet wide. How many square feet of garden can Maya plant?
Answer: ______________ square feet
8Sam swims along every side of a pool that is 5 meters long and 10 meters wide, back to the start. How far does Sam swim?
Answer: ______________ meters
9Priya's garden is 3 feet long and 2 feet wide. How many square feet of garden can Priya plant?
Answer: ______________ square feet
10A playing field is 3 meters long and 4 meters wide. How many square meters of grass does it have?
Answer: ______________ square meters
11Sam's team runs all the way around a field that is 10 yards long and 6 yards wide. How far is one lap?
Answer: ______________ yards
12Priya paints a picture that is 8 centimeters wide and 5 centimeters tall. What is the area of the picture?
Answer: ______________ square centimeters
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 35 square feet
- 2. 22 feet
- 3. 4 yards
- 4. 4 inches
- 5. 22 meters
- 6. 6 yards
- 7. 64 square feet
- 8. 30 meters
- 9. 6 square feet
- 10. 12 square meters
- 11. 32 yards
- 12. 40 square centimeters
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