πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Sam has 14 feet of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 4 feet long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ feet
2Priya swims along every side of a pool that is 10 feet long and 7 feet wide, back to the start. How far does Priya swim?
Answer: ______________ feet
3A rug covers 30 square feet of floor. It is 3 feet wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
4Zoe builds a pen for a puppy, 2 yards long and 7 yards wide. How many square yards of room does the puppy have?
Answer: ______________ square yards
5Priya's garden has an area of 8 square meters. It is 2 meters wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
6Leo walks all the way around a park that is 6 meters long and 4 meters wide. How far does Leo walk?
Answer: ______________ meters
7A pool cover has to cover a pool 10 meters long and 2 meters wide. How many square meters is the cover?
Answer: ______________ square meters
8Sam has 18 meters of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 5 meters long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ meters
9Lily sews a ribbon all the way around the edge of a rug that is 4 feet long and 3 feet wide. How many feet of ribbon does Lily need?
Answer: ______________ feet
10Lily glues a frame around a picture that is 6 inches wide and 7 inches tall. How long is the frame all the way around?
Answer: ______________ inches
11A rug covers 25 square inches of floor. It is 5 inches wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
12Leo walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 18 yards in all. The yard is 7 yards long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ yards
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 3 feet
- 2. 34 feet
- 3. 10 feet
- 4. 14 square yards
- 5. 4 meters
- 6. 20 meters
- 7. 20 square meters
- 8. 4 meters
- 9. 14 feet
- 10. 26 inches
- 11. 5 inches
- 12. 2 yards
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