πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A rug covers 60 square meters of floor. It is 6 meters wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
2A puppy pen is 10 feet long and 6 feet wide. How many feet of fence go all the way around it?
Answer: ______________ feet
3Lily glues a frame around a picture that is 8 inches wide and 4 inches tall. How long is the frame all the way around?
Answer: ______________ inches
4A rectangle-shaped playground has a perimeter of 30 meters. One side is 8 meters long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ meters
5The class bulletin board is 5 feet long and 2 feet tall. How many square feet of paper cover it?
Answer: ______________ square feet
6Leo puts a border all the way around a bulletin board that is 9 feet long and 9 feet tall. How many feet of border are needed?
Answer: ______________ feet
7A rug covers 36 square meters of floor. It is 4 meters wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
8Lily glues a frame around a picture that is 4 inches wide and 9 inches tall. How long is the frame all the way around?
Answer: ______________ inches
9A rug covers 6 square feet of floor. It is 2 feet wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
10Maya's garden is 10 meters long and 8 meters wide. How many square meters of garden can Maya plant?
Answer: ______________ square meters
11Priya swims along every side of a pool that is 10 meters long and 3 meters wide, back to the start. How far does Priya swim?
Answer: ______________ meters
12Priya walks all the way around a park that is 9 meters long and 4 meters wide. How far does Priya walk?
Answer: ______________ meters
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 10 meters
- 2. 32 feet
- 3. 24 inches
- 4. 7 meters
- 5. 10 square feet
- 6. 36 feet
- 7. 9 meters
- 8. 26 inches
- 9. 3 feet
- 10. 80 square meters
- 11. 26 meters
- 12. 26 meters
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