πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Priya has 26 meters of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 9 meters long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ meters
2Zoe walks all the way around a park that is 3 yards long and 7 yards wide. How far does Zoe walk?
Answer: ______________ yards
3Omar has 28 yards of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 7 yards long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ yards
4Lily sews a ribbon all the way around the edge of a rug that is 5 feet long and 5 feet wide. How many feet of ribbon does Lily need?
Answer: ______________ feet
5Aiden builds a pen for a puppy, 6 yards long and 2 yards wide. How many square yards of room does the puppy have?
Answer: ______________ square yards
6A rectangle-shaped playground has a perimeter of 18 meters. One side is 7 meters long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ meters
7Zoe walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 12 yards in all. The yard is 3 yards long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ yards
8A park is 3 yards long and 10 yards wide. What is the area of the park?
Answer: ______________ square yards
9Sam's garden has an area of 40 square inches. It is 5 inches wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
10A park is 4 yards long and 4 yards wide. What is the area of the park?
Answer: ______________ square yards
11Sam's team runs all the way around a field that is 9 meters long and 10 meters wide. How far is one lap?
Answer: ______________ meters
12Maya puts a fence all the way around a garden that is 10 meters long and 7 meters wide. How many meters of fence does Maya need?
Answer: ______________ meters
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 4 meters
- 2. 20 yards
- 3. 7 yards
- 4. 20 feet
- 5. 12 square yards
- 6. 2 meters
- 7. 3 yards
- 8. 30 square yards
- 9. 8 inches
- 10. 16 square yards
- 11. 38 meters
- 12. 34 meters
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