πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Sam has 22 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
2A rug in Leo's room is 9 feet long and 7 feet wide. How many square feet of floor does it cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
3A pool cover has to cover a pool 6 meters long and 5 meters wide. How many square meters is the cover?
Answer: ______________ square meters
4Priya builds a pen for a puppy, 6 feet long and 8 feet wide. How many square feet of room does the puppy have?
Answer: ______________ square feet
5A park is 6 meters long and 10 meters wide. What is the area of the park?
Answer: ______________ square meters
6Priya builds a pen for a puppy, 6 feet long and 2 feet wide. How many square feet of room does the puppy have?
Answer: ______________ square feet
7Lily's garden has an area of 12 square inches. It is 2 inches wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
8A rectangle-shaped playground has a perimeter of 26 meters. One side is 8 meters long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ meters
9A playing field is 3 meters long and 5 meters wide. How many square meters of grass does it have?
Answer: ______________ square meters
10Priya glues a frame around a picture that is 6 inches wide and 4 inches tall. How long is the frame all the way around?
Answer: ______________ inches
11A rug covers 49 square feet of floor. It is 7 feet wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
12Omar swims along every side of a pool that is 8 meters long and 10 meters wide, back to the start. How far does Omar swim?
Answer: ______________ meters
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 2 meters
- 2. 63 square feet
- 3. 30 square meters
- 4. 48 square feet
- 5. 60 square meters
- 6. 12 square feet
- 7. 6 inches
- 8. 5 meters
- 9. 15 square meters
- 10. 20 inches
- 11. 7 feet
- 12. 36 meters
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