πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Priya sews a ribbon all the way around the edge of a rug that is 3 feet long and 4 feet wide. How many feet of ribbon does Priya need?
Answer: ______________ feet
2Maya swims along every side of a pool that is 9 meters long and 6 meters wide, back to the start. How far does Maya swim?
Answer: ______________ meters
3A rug covers 4 square feet of floor. It is 2 feet wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
4A rug in Lily's room is 2 feet long and 3 feet wide. How many square feet of floor does it cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
5Leo walks all the way around a park that is 4 yards long and 7 yards wide. How far does Leo walk?
Answer: ______________ yards
6A puppy pen is 4 feet long and 4 feet wide. How many feet of fence go all the way around it?
Answer: ______________ feet
7Sam sews a ribbon all the way around the edge of a rug that is 5 feet long and 9 feet wide. How many feet of ribbon does Sam need?
Answer: ______________ feet
8A rectangle-shaped playground has a perimeter of 30 meters. One side is 8 meters long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ meters
9A rectangle-shaped poster has an area of 15 square feet. It is 3 feet tall. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
10A pool cover has to cover a pool 2 feet long and 6 feet wide. How many square feet is the cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
11The class bulletin board is 4 feet long and 10 feet tall. How many square feet of paper cover it?
Answer: ______________ square feet
12Sam walks all the way around a park that is 10 meters long and 3 meters wide. How far does Sam walk?
Answer: ______________ meters
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 14 feet
- 2. 30 meters
- 3. 2 feet
- 4. 6 square feet
- 5. 22 yards
- 6. 16 feet
- 7. 28 feet
- 8. 7 meters
- 9. 5 feet
- 10. 12 square feet
- 11. 40 square feet
- 12. 26 meters
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