πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Omar sews a ribbon all the way around the edge of a rug that is 9 feet long and 4 feet wide. How many feet of ribbon does Omar need?
Answer: ______________ feet
2Leo sews a ribbon all the way around the edge of a rug that is 9 feet long and 6 feet wide. How many feet of ribbon does Leo need?
Answer: ______________ feet
3Omar sews a ribbon all the way around the edge of a rug that is 7 feet long and 3 feet wide. How many feet of ribbon does Omar need?
Answer: ______________ feet
4Lily swims along every side of a pool that is 10 feet long and 4 feet wide, back to the start. How far does Lily swim?
Answer: ______________ feet
5A rectangle-shaped playground has a perimeter of 26 yards. One side is 10 yards long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ yards
6Sam puts a fence all the way around a garden that is 5 feet long and 8 feet wide. How many feet of fence does Sam need?
Answer: ______________ feet
7Aiden has 24 feet of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 9 feet long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ feet
8Aiden's garden has an area of 81 square feet. It is 9 feet wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
9A rectangle-shaped poster has an area of 48 square feet. It is 6 feet tall. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
10Lily puts a fence all the way around a garden that is 8 feet long and 2 feet wide. How many feet of fence does Lily need?
Answer: ______________ feet
11A rug covers 35 square meters of floor. It is 5 meters wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
12A playing field is 6 meters long and 6 meters wide. How many square meters of grass does it have?
Answer: ______________ square meters
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 26 feet
- 2. 30 feet
- 3. 20 feet
- 4. 28 feet
- 5. 3 yards
- 6. 26 feet
- 7. 3 feet
- 8. 9 feet
- 9. 8 feet
- 10. 20 feet
- 11. 7 meters
- 12. 36 square meters
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