πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Omar puts a border all the way around a bulletin board that is 8 feet long and 5 feet tall. How many feet of border are needed?
Answer: ______________ feet
2Maya walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 16 yards in all. The yard is 4 yards long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ yards
3Zoe has 38 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
4A rectangle-shaped poster has an area of 90 square inches. It is 9 inches tall. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
5A rectangle-shaped playground has a perimeter of 36 meters. One side is 9 meters long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ meters
6A rug covers 70 square feet of floor. It is 7 feet wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
7Priya builds a pen for a puppy, 8 yards long and 4 yards wide. How many square yards of room does the puppy have?
Answer: ______________ square yards
8A rectangle-shaped playground has a perimeter of 20 yards. One side is 6 yards long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ yards
9Omar's garden is 9 meters long and 2 meters wide. How many square meters of garden can Omar plant?
Answer: ______________ square meters
10Priya sews a ribbon all the way around the edge of a rug that is 3 feet long and 9 feet wide. How many feet of ribbon does Priya need?
Answer: ______________ feet
11Aiden walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 24 meters in all. The yard is 7 meters long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
12Omar's garden has an area of 45 square feet. It is 5 feet wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 26 feet
- 2. 4 yards
- 3. 9 meters
- 4. 10 inches
- 5. 9 meters
- 6. 10 feet
- 7. 32 square yards
- 8. 4 yards
- 9. 18 square meters
- 10. 24 feet
- 11. 5 meters
- 12. 9 feet
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