πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Omar glues a frame around a picture that is 4 inches wide and 9 inches tall. How long is the frame all the way around?
Answer: ______________ inches
2Maya's team runs all the way around a field that is 3 meters long and 7 meters wide. How far is one lap?
Answer: ______________ meters
3Lily builds a pen for a puppy, 5 feet long and 9 feet wide. How many square feet of room does the puppy have?
Answer: ______________ square feet
4Maya walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 16 yards in all. The yard is 6 yards long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ yards
5Leo has 36 yards of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 10 yards long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ yards
6A pool cover has to cover a pool 9 feet long and 10 feet wide. How many square feet is the cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
7Zoe walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 38 meters in all. The yard is 10 meters long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
8Sam walks all the way around a park that is 10 meters long and 7 meters wide. How far does Sam walk?
Answer: ______________ meters
9Priya's garden is 4 meters long and 10 meters wide. How many square meters of garden can Priya plant?
Answer: ______________ square meters
10A rectangle-shaped playground has a perimeter of 24 meters. One side is 6 meters long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ meters
11Omar's garden has an area of 50 square inches. It is 5 inches wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
12Maya's garden has an area of 20 square feet. It is 2 feet wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 26 inches
- 2. 20 meters
- 3. 45 square feet
- 4. 2 yards
- 5. 8 yards
- 6. 90 square feet
- 7. 9 meters
- 8. 34 meters
- 9. 40 square meters
- 10. 6 meters
- 11. 10 inches
- 12. 10 feet
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