πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Priya walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 24 meters in all. The yard is 10 meters long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
2Zoe swims along every side of a pool that is 8 meters long and 7 meters wide, back to the start. How far does Zoe swim?
Answer: ______________ meters
3Leo paints a picture that is 2 centimeters wide and 10 centimeters tall. What is the area of the picture?
Answer: ______________ square centimeters
4Lily has 20 feet of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 8 feet long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ feet
5A rectangle-shaped playground has a perimeter of 18 meters. One side is 7 meters long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ meters
6Omar swims along every side of a pool that is 6 meters long and 3 meters wide, back to the start. How far does Omar swim?
Answer: ______________ meters
7Priya's team runs all the way around a field that is 2 yards long and 7 yards wide. How far is one lap?
Answer: ______________ yards
8Sam's team runs all the way around a field that is 7 meters long and 10 meters wide. How far is one lap?
Answer: ______________ meters
9Leo's garden is 9 meters long and 4 meters wide. How many square meters of garden can Leo plant?
Answer: ______________ square meters
10Lily paints a picture that is 4 centimeters wide and 7 centimeters tall. What is the area of the picture?
Answer: ______________ square centimeters
11Lily puts a fence all the way around a garden that is 6 meters long and 3 meters wide. How many meters of fence does Lily need?
Answer: ______________ meters
12Lily sews a ribbon all the way around the edge of a rug that is 5 feet long and 10 feet wide. How many feet of ribbon does Lily need?
Answer: ______________ feet
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 2 meters
- 2. 30 meters
- 3. 20 square centimeters
- 4. 2 feet
- 5. 2 meters
- 6. 18 meters
- 7. 18 yards
- 8. 34 meters
- 9. 36 square meters
- 10. 28 square centimeters
- 11. 18 meters
- 12. 30 feet
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