πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A rug in Maya's room is 10 feet long and 7 feet wide. How many square feet of floor does it cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
2Omar has 32 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
3Omar's team runs all the way around a field that is 4 meters long and 8 meters wide. How far is one lap?
Answer: ______________ meters
4A playing field is 8 meters long and 8 meters wide. How many square meters of grass does it have?
Answer: ______________ square meters
5A rectangle-shaped playground has a perimeter of 18 meters. One side is 5 meters long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ meters
6Sam swims along every side of a pool that is 4 feet long and 2 feet wide, back to the start. How far does Sam swim?
Answer: ______________ feet
7A puppy pen is 5 yards long and 3 yards wide. How many yards of fence go all the way around it?
Answer: ______________ yards
8Omar puts a fence all the way around a garden that is 2 meters long and 3 meters wide. How many meters of fence does Omar need?
Answer: ______________ meters
9Leo sews a ribbon all the way around the edge of a rug that is 10 feet long and 3 feet wide. How many feet of ribbon does Leo need?
Answer: ______________ feet
10A rug in Leo's room is 7 feet long and 6 feet wide. How many square feet of floor does it cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
11Maya glues a frame around a picture that is 10 inches wide and 9 inches tall. How long is the frame all the way around?
Answer: ______________ inches
12A rectangle-shaped playground has a perimeter of 26 meters. One side is 10 meters long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ meters
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 70 square feet
- 2. 6 meters
- 3. 24 meters
- 4. 64 square meters
- 5. 4 meters
- 6. 12 feet
- 7. 16 yards
- 8. 10 meters
- 9. 26 feet
- 10. 42 square feet
- 11. 38 inches
- 12. 3 meters
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