πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Omar sews a ribbon all the way around the edge of a rug that is 6 feet long and 2 feet wide. How many feet of ribbon does Omar need?
Answer: ______________ feet
2A rectangle-shaped poster has an area of 35 square feet. It is 5 feet tall. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
3Lily swims along every side of a pool that is 10 meters long and 5 meters wide, back to the start. How far does Lily swim?
Answer: ______________ meters
4Lily's team runs all the way around a field that is 4 yards long and 8 yards wide. How far is one lap?
Answer: ______________ yards
5Maya paints a picture that is 7 centimeters wide and 6 centimeters tall. What is the area of the picture?
Answer: ______________ square centimeters
6Priya has 16 yards of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 5 yards long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ yards
7A pool cover has to cover a pool 10 feet long and 4 feet wide. How many square feet is the cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
8Priya has 20 feet of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 7 feet long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ feet
9Sam walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 10 meters in all. The yard is 3 meters long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
10Omar paints a picture that is 8 centimeters wide and 3 centimeters tall. What is the area of the picture?
Answer: ______________ square centimeters
11A rectangle-shaped playground has a perimeter of 20 meters. One side is 7 meters long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ meters
12Zoe walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 34 meters in all. The yard is 10 meters long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 16 feet
- 2. 7 feet
- 3. 30 meters
- 4. 24 yards
- 5. 42 square centimeters
- 6. 3 yards
- 7. 40 square feet
- 8. 3 feet
- 9. 2 meters
- 10. 24 square centimeters
- 11. 3 meters
- 12. 7 meters
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