πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A rug covers 90 square meters of floor. It is 9 meters wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
2Omar has 20 feet of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 6 feet long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ feet
3A rug covers 80 square meters of floor. It is 8 meters wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
4A pool cover has to cover a pool 5 meters long and 7 meters wide. How many square meters is the cover?
Answer: ______________ square meters
5A rug covers 50 square inches of floor. It is 5 inches wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
6A rectangle-shaped playground has a perimeter of 18 meters. One side is 5 meters long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ meters
7A rug covers 4 square feet of floor. It is 2 feet wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
8The class bulletin board is 7 feet long and 10 feet tall. How many square feet of paper cover it?
Answer: ______________ square feet
9Omar paints a picture that is 10 inches wide and 10 inches tall. What is the area of the picture?
Answer: ______________ square inches
10A pool cover has to cover a pool 7 feet long and 9 feet wide. How many square feet is the cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
11Lily walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 22 yards in all. The yard is 9 yards long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ yards
12Priya has 14 yards of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 5 yards long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ yards
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 10 meters
- 2. 4 feet
- 3. 10 meters
- 4. 35 square meters
- 5. 10 inches
- 6. 4 meters
- 7. 2 feet
- 8. 70 square feet
- 9. 100 square inches
- 10. 63 square feet
- 11. 2 yards
- 12. 2 yards
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