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 7 meters long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
2Sam has 28 yards of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 9 yards long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ yards
3Leo's team runs all the way around a field that is 3 meters long and 9 meters wide. How far is one lap?
Answer: ______________ meters
4A puppy pen is 7 feet long and 9 feet wide. How many feet of fence go all the way around it?
Answer: ______________ feet
5A park is 2 meters long and 3 meters wide. What is the area of the park?
Answer: ______________ square meters
6Priya walks all the way around a park that is 2 meters long and 8 meters wide. How far does Priya walk?
Answer: ______________ meters
7Omar has 30 yards of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 8 yards long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ yards
8A rug in Zoe's room is 6 feet long and 6 feet wide. How many square feet of floor does it cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
9A rectangle-shaped playground has a perimeter of 24 yards. One side is 10 yards long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ yards
10Aiden has 22 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
11A rectangle-shaped poster has an area of 40 square inches. It is 4 inches tall. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
12A puppy pen is 5 yards long and 2 yards wide. How many yards of fence go all the way around it?
Answer: ______________ yards
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 5 meters
- 2. 5 yards
- 3. 24 meters
- 4. 32 feet
- 5. 6 square meters
- 6. 20 meters
- 7. 7 yards
- 8. 36 square feet
- 9. 2 yards
- 10. 5 feet
- 11. 10 inches
- 12. 14 yards
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