πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Sam has 14 feet of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 4 feet long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ feet
2The class bulletin board is 9 feet long and 10 feet tall. How many square feet of paper cover it?
Answer: ______________ square feet
3Zoe puts a border all the way around a bulletin board that is 3 feet long and 5 feet tall. How many feet of border are needed?
Answer: ______________ feet
4The class bulletin board is 5 feet long and 4 feet tall. How many square feet of paper cover it?
Answer: ______________ square feet
5Aiden puts a fence all the way around a garden that is 5 feet long and 9 feet wide. How many feet of fence does Aiden need?
Answer: ______________ feet
6A puppy pen is 9 yards long and 8 yards wide. How many yards of fence go all the way around it?
Answer: ______________ yards
7A rectangle-shaped playground has a perimeter of 14 yards. One side is 5 yards long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ yards
8A playing field is 10 yards long and 8 yards wide. How many square yards of grass does it have?
Answer: ______________ square yards
9Zoe has 26 yards of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 7 yards long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ yards
10A park is 6 meters long and 4 meters wide. What is the area of the park?
Answer: ______________ square meters
11The class bulletin board is 5 feet long and 7 feet tall. How many square feet of paper cover it?
Answer: ______________ square feet
12Omar's garden is 2 meters long and 9 meters wide. How many square meters of garden can Omar plant?
Answer: ______________ square meters
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 3 feet
- 2. 90 square feet
- 3. 16 feet
- 4. 20 square feet
- 5. 28 feet
- 6. 34 yards
- 7. 2 yards
- 8. 80 square yards
- 9. 6 yards
- 10. 24 square meters
- 11. 35 square feet
- 12. 18 square meters
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