πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Omar has 14 meters of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 4 meters long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ meters
2Lily's team runs all the way around a field that is 10 yards long and 6 yards wide. How far is one lap?
Answer: ______________ yards
3A pool cover has to cover a pool 7 meters long and 4 meters wide. How many square meters is the cover?
Answer: ______________ square meters
4Sam's garden has an area of 36 square inches. It is 6 inches wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
5A puppy pen is 10 feet long and 3 feet wide. How many feet of fence go all the way around it?
Answer: ______________ feet
6A rectangle-shaped poster has an area of 45 square meters. It is 5 meters tall. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
7Leo's team runs all the way around a field that is 4 meters long and 10 meters wide. How far is one lap?
Answer: ______________ meters
8Zoe glues a frame around a picture that is 6 centimeters wide and 6 centimeters tall. How long is the frame all the way around?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
9Priya paints a picture that is 7 inches wide and 10 inches tall. What is the area of the picture?
Answer: ______________ square inches
10Zoe walks all the way around a park that is 7 meters long and 5 meters wide. How far does Zoe walk?
Answer: ______________ meters
11Aiden walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 36 yards in all. The yard is 9 yards long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ yards
12Sam's garden has an area of 35 square feet. It is 5 feet wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 3 meters
- 2. 32 yards
- 3. 28 square meters
- 4. 6 inches
- 5. 26 feet
- 6. 9 meters
- 7. 28 meters
- 8. 24 centimeters
- 9. 70 square inches
- 10. 24 meters
- 11. 9 yards
- 12. 7 feet
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