πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Omar's garden is 6 feet long and 3 feet wide. How many square feet of garden can Omar plant?
Answer: ______________ square feet
2A rectangle-shaped playground has a perimeter of 36 meters. One side is 10 meters long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ meters
3A rectangle-shaped poster has an area of 12 square inches. It is 3 inches tall. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
4The class bulletin board is 4 feet long and 2 feet tall. How many square feet of paper cover it?
Answer: ______________ square feet
5Zoe's garden is 6 feet long and 8 feet wide. How many square feet of garden can Zoe plant?
Answer: ______________ square feet
6Aiden puts a border all the way around a bulletin board that is 6 feet long and 5 feet tall. How many feet of border are needed?
Answer: ______________ feet
7Priya has 18 yards of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 6 yards long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ yards
8Maya's team runs all the way around a field that is 5 meters long and 9 meters wide. How far is one lap?
Answer: ______________ meters
9The class bulletin board is 5 feet long and 3 feet tall. How many square feet of paper cover it?
Answer: ______________ square feet
10Priya swims along every side of a pool that is 8 meters long and 3 meters wide, back to the start. How far does Priya swim?
Answer: ______________ meters
11Zoe's team runs all the way around a field that is 9 meters long and 2 meters wide. How far is one lap?
Answer: ______________ meters
12Aiden walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 28 feet in all. The yard is 8 feet long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 18 square feet
- 2. 8 meters
- 3. 4 inches
- 4. 8 square feet
- 5. 48 square feet
- 6. 22 feet
- 7. 3 yards
- 8. 28 meters
- 9. 15 square feet
- 10. 22 meters
- 11. 22 meters
- 12. 6 feet
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