πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A rectangle-shaped playground has a perimeter of 18 feet. One side is 5 feet long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ feet
2Leo glues a frame around a picture that is 3 centimeters wide and 9 centimeters tall. How long is the frame all the way around?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
3Maya's garden has an area of 50 square inches. It is 5 inches wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
4Sam puts a border all the way around a bulletin board that is 9 feet long and 4 feet tall. How many feet of border are needed?
Answer: ______________ feet
5Aiden glues a frame around a picture that is 2 inches wide and 6 inches tall. How long is the frame all the way around?
Answer: ______________ inches
6A park is 4 yards long and 10 yards wide. What is the area of the park?
Answer: ______________ square yards
7A rectangle-shaped poster has an area of 20 square inches. It is 2 inches tall. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
8A park is 9 yards long and 8 yards wide. What is the area of the park?
Answer: ______________ square yards
9A rectangle-shaped poster has an area of 6 square inches. It is 2 inches tall. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
10A rug covers 16 square inches of floor. It is 2 inches wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
11A rug in Priya's room is 10 feet long and 8 feet wide. How many square feet of floor does it cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
12A pool cover has to cover a pool 7 meters long and 2 meters wide. How many square meters is the cover?
Answer: ______________ square meters
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 4 feet
- 2. 24 centimeters
- 3. 10 inches
- 4. 26 feet
- 5. 16 inches
- 6. 40 square yards
- 7. 10 inches
- 8. 72 square yards
- 9. 3 inches
- 10. 8 inches
- 11. 80 square feet
- 12. 14 square meters
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