πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Aiden puts a fence all the way around a garden that is 10 feet long and 2 feet wide. How many feet of fence does Aiden need?
Answer: ______________ feet
2Priya has 12 feet of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 4 feet long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ feet
3Leo's garden has an area of 80 square meters. It is 8 meters wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
4A puppy pen is 10 feet long and 7 feet wide. How many feet of fence go all the way around it?
Answer: ______________ feet
5Aiden's team runs all the way around a field that is 5 meters long and 10 meters wide. How far is one lap?
Answer: ______________ meters
6Sam swims along every side of a pool that is 3 feet long and 6 feet wide, back to the start. How far does Sam swim?
Answer: ______________ feet
7A rug covers 12 square meters of floor. It is 3 meters wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
8A park is 3 yards long and 2 yards wide. What is the area of the park?
Answer: ______________ square yards
9Aiden paints a picture that is 10 centimeters wide and 3 centimeters tall. What is the area of the picture?
Answer: ______________ square centimeters
10Omar walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 34 meters in all. The yard is 9 meters long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
11Zoe sews a ribbon all the way around the edge of a rug that is 5 feet long and 10 feet wide. How many feet of ribbon does Zoe need?
Answer: ______________ feet
12Priya paints a picture that is 6 inches wide and 6 inches tall. What is the area of the picture?
Answer: ______________ square inches
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 24 feet
- 2. 2 feet
- 3. 10 meters
- 4. 34 feet
- 5. 30 meters
- 6. 18 feet
- 7. 4 meters
- 8. 6 square yards
- 9. 30 square centimeters
- 10. 8 meters
- 11. 30 feet
- 12. 36 square inches
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