πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Maya walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 18 feet in all. The yard is 6 feet long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
2A rectangle-shaped poster has an area of 70 square inches. It is 7 inches tall. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
3A rug covers 9 square meters of floor. It is 3 meters wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
4Maya puts a border all the way around a bulletin board that is 9 feet long and 5 feet tall. How many feet of border are needed?
Answer: ______________ feet
5Lily puts a fence all the way around a garden that is 8 feet long and 5 feet wide. How many feet of fence does Lily need?
Answer: ______________ feet
6Priya's team runs all the way around a field that is 7 yards long and 10 yards wide. How far is one lap?
Answer: ______________ yards
7A rectangle-shaped playground has a perimeter of 26 feet. One side is 9 feet long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ feet
8Sam walks all the way around a park that is 8 meters long and 6 meters wide. How far does Sam walk?
Answer: ______________ meters
9Lily sews a ribbon all the way around the edge of a rug that is 7 feet long and 4 feet wide. How many feet of ribbon does Lily need?
Answer: ______________ feet
10Zoe walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 28 feet in all. The yard is 9 feet long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
11Zoe glues a frame around a picture that is 2 inches wide and 4 inches tall. How long is the frame all the way around?
Answer: ______________ inches
12Zoe has 20 feet of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 8 feet long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ feet
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 3 feet
- 2. 10 inches
- 3. 3 meters
- 4. 28 feet
- 5. 26 feet
- 6. 34 yards
- 7. 4 feet
- 8. 28 meters
- 9. 22 feet
- 10. 5 feet
- 11. 12 inches
- 12. 2 feet
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