πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A rectangle-shaped poster has an area of 100 square feet. It is 10 feet tall. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
2Maya paints a picture that is 10 centimeters wide and 9 centimeters tall. What is the area of the picture?
Answer: ______________ square centimeters
3Omar puts a border all the way around a bulletin board that is 10 feet long and 4 feet tall. How many feet of border are needed?
Answer: ______________ feet
4A rug in Leo's room is 7 feet long and 5 feet wide. How many square feet of floor does it cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
5Lily puts a border all the way around a bulletin board that is 7 feet long and 9 feet tall. How many feet of border are needed?
Answer: ______________ feet
6A rectangle-shaped poster has an area of 63 square meters. It is 7 meters tall. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
7Maya glues a frame around a picture that is 10 centimeters wide and 8 centimeters tall. How long is the frame all the way around?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
8Lily paints a picture that is 8 inches wide and 6 inches tall. What is the area of the picture?
Answer: ______________ square inches
9Maya walks all the way around a park that is 7 meters long and 3 meters wide. How far does Maya walk?
Answer: ______________ meters
10Aiden walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 34 yards in all. The yard is 9 yards long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ yards
11A rectangle-shaped playground has a perimeter of 34 yards. One side is 9 yards long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ yards
12Leo paints a picture that is 8 centimeters wide and 4 centimeters tall. What is the area of the picture?
Answer: ______________ square centimeters
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 10 feet
- 2. 90 square centimeters
- 3. 28 feet
- 4. 35 square feet
- 5. 32 feet
- 6. 9 meters
- 7. 36 centimeters
- 8. 48 square inches
- 9. 20 meters
- 10. 8 yards
- 11. 8 yards
- 12. 32 square centimeters
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