πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Leo walks all the way around a park that is 2 yards long and 9 yards wide. How far does Leo walk?
Answer: ______________ yards
2Leo's team runs all the way around a field that is 5 meters long and 6 meters wide. How far is one lap?
Answer: ______________ meters
3A rug in Leo's room is 7 feet long and 2 feet wide. How many square feet of floor does it cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
4Zoe glues a frame around a picture that is 6 centimeters wide and 8 centimeters tall. How long is the frame all the way around?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
5A playing field is 2 yards long and 5 yards wide. How many square yards of grass does it have?
Answer: ______________ square yards
6Maya walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 22 yards in all. The yard is 6 yards long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ yards
7Aiden puts a fence all the way around a garden that is 5 feet long and 8 feet wide. How many feet of fence does Aiden need?
Answer: ______________ feet
8Aiden sews a ribbon all the way around the edge of a rug that is 6 feet long and 8 feet wide. How many feet of ribbon does Aiden need?
Answer: ______________ feet
9A rectangle-shaped poster has an area of 14 square inches. It is 2 inches tall. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
10A pool cover has to cover a pool 8 feet long and 9 feet wide. How many square feet is the cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
11Aiden has 22 feet of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 6 feet long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ feet
12Zoe glues a frame around a picture that is 10 inches wide and 7 inches tall. How long is the frame all the way around?
Answer: ______________ inches
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 22 yards
- 2. 22 meters
- 3. 14 square feet
- 4. 28 centimeters
- 5. 10 square yards
- 6. 5 yards
- 7. 26 feet
- 8. 28 feet
- 9. 7 inches
- 10. 72 square feet
- 11. 5 feet
- 12. 34 inches
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