πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A rectangle-shaped playground has a perimeter of 30 meters. One side is 9 meters long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ meters
2A playing field is 7 yards long and 8 yards wide. How many square yards of grass does it have?
Answer: ______________ square yards
3Maya walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 20 yards in all. The yard is 8 yards long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ yards
4A rug covers 56 square inches of floor. It is 7 inches wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
5Lily walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 16 feet in all. The yard is 4 feet long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
6Lily swims along every side of a pool that is 9 feet long and 7 feet wide, back to the start. How far does Lily swim?
Answer: ______________ feet
7Lily's garden is 4 meters long and 5 meters wide. How many square meters of garden can Lily plant?
Answer: ______________ square meters
8Omar's garden is 3 feet long and 10 feet wide. How many square feet of garden can Omar plant?
Answer: ______________ square feet
9The class bulletin board is 9 feet long and 4 feet tall. How many square feet of paper cover it?
Answer: ______________ square feet
10A puppy pen is 6 feet long and 2 feet wide. How many feet of fence go all the way around it?
Answer: ______________ feet
11The class bulletin board is 8 feet long and 10 feet tall. How many square feet of paper cover it?
Answer: ______________ square feet
12A rug in Maya's room is 10 feet long and 9 feet wide. How many square feet of floor does it cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 6 meters
- 2. 56 square yards
- 3. 2 yards
- 4. 8 inches
- 5. 4 feet
- 6. 32 feet
- 7. 20 square meters
- 8. 30 square feet
- 9. 36 square feet
- 10. 16 feet
- 11. 80 square feet
- 12. 90 square feet
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