πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Zoe's garden has an area of 24 square inches. It is 3 inches wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
2A rectangle-shaped playground has a perimeter of 32 yards. One side is 10 yards long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ yards
3A park is 3 yards long and 10 yards wide. What is the area of the park?
Answer: ______________ square yards
4Priya sews a ribbon all the way around the edge of a rug that is 3 feet long and 4 feet wide. How many feet of ribbon does Priya need?
Answer: ______________ feet
5Aiden puts a border all the way around a bulletin board that is 4 feet long and 7 feet tall. How many feet of border are needed?
Answer: ______________ feet
6Sam swims along every side of a pool that is 9 meters long and 9 meters wide, back to the start. How far does Sam swim?
Answer: ______________ meters
7A pool cover has to cover a pool 6 meters long and 8 meters wide. How many square meters is the cover?
Answer: ______________ square meters
8Priya has 20 meters of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 6 meters long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ meters
9Lily puts a fence all the way around a garden that is 10 meters long and 2 meters wide. How many meters of fence does Lily need?
Answer: ______________ meters
10Zoe puts a border all the way around a bulletin board that is 7 feet long and 9 feet tall. How many feet of border are needed?
Answer: ______________ feet
11A park is 9 yards long and 3 yards wide. What is the area of the park?
Answer: ______________ square yards
12A rug in Priya's room is 2 feet long and 6 feet wide. How many square feet of floor does it cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 8 inches
- 2. 6 yards
- 3. 30 square yards
- 4. 14 feet
- 5. 22 feet
- 6. 36 meters
- 7. 48 square meters
- 8. 4 meters
- 9. 24 meters
- 10. 32 feet
- 11. 27 square yards
- 12. 12 square feet
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