πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A puppy pen is 10 feet long and 4 feet wide. How many feet of fence go all the way around it?
Answer: ______________ feet
2Omar puts a fence all the way around a garden that is 10 feet long and 7 feet wide. How many feet of fence does Omar need?
Answer: ______________ feet
3A rug covers 81 square inches of floor. It is 9 inches wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
4A playing field is 9 yards long and 3 yards wide. How many square yards of grass does it have?
Answer: ______________ square yards
5Zoe walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 26 meters in all. The yard is 9 meters long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
6The class bulletin board is 10 feet long and 8 feet tall. How many square feet of paper cover it?
Answer: ______________ square feet
7A rug in Priya's room is 5 feet long and 10 feet wide. How many square feet of floor does it cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
8Omar paints a picture that is 2 centimeters wide and 6 centimeters tall. What is the area of the picture?
Answer: ______________ square centimeters
9A rug covers 25 square inches of floor. It is 5 inches wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
10A playing field is 8 meters long and 5 meters wide. How many square meters of grass does it have?
Answer: ______________ square meters
11Zoe's team runs all the way around a field that is 6 yards long and 5 yards wide. How far is one lap?
Answer: ______________ yards
12Sam puts a border all the way around a bulletin board that is 3 feet long and 7 feet tall. How many feet of border are needed?
Answer: ______________ feet
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 28 feet
- 2. 34 feet
- 3. 9 inches
- 4. 27 square yards
- 5. 4 meters
- 6. 80 square feet
- 7. 50 square feet
- 8. 12 square centimeters
- 9. 5 inches
- 10. 40 square meters
- 11. 22 yards
- 12. 20 feet
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