πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A 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
2Leo puts a border all the way around a bulletin board that is 5 feet long and 4 feet tall. How many feet of border are needed?
Answer: ______________ feet
3Maya's team runs all the way around a field that is 6 yards long and 3 yards wide. How far is one lap?
Answer: ______________ yards
4A playing field is 5 meters long and 4 meters wide. How many square meters of grass does it have?
Answer: ______________ square meters
5A rug covers 12 square inches of floor. It is 2 inches wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
6The class bulletin board is 3 feet long and 6 feet tall. How many square feet of paper cover it?
Answer: ______________ square feet
7A puppy pen is 10 yards long and 10 yards wide. How many yards of fence go all the way around it?
Answer: ______________ yards
8Leo's team runs all the way around a field that is 8 meters long and 7 meters wide. How far is one lap?
Answer: ______________ meters
9Lily glues a frame around a picture that is 8 inches wide and 10 inches tall. How long is the frame all the way around?
Answer: ______________ inches
10Omar's garden has an area of 35 square inches. It is 5 inches wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
11Sam's garden has an area of 8 square inches. It is 2 inches wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
12Omar sews a ribbon all the way around the edge of a rug that is 4 feet long and 10 feet wide. How many feet of ribbon does Omar need?
Answer: ______________ feet
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 2 meters
- 2. 18 feet
- 3. 18 yards
- 4. 20 square meters
- 5. 6 inches
- 6. 18 square feet
- 7. 40 yards
- 8. 30 meters
- 9. 36 inches
- 10. 7 inches
- 11. 4 inches
- 12. 28 feet
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