πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A puppy pen is 6 yards long and 7 yards wide. How many yards of fence go all the way around it?
Answer: ______________ yards
2A pool cover has to cover a pool 9 feet long and 4 feet wide. How many square feet is the cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
3Aiden walks all the way around a park that is 8 meters long and 9 meters wide. How far does Aiden walk?
Answer: ______________ meters
4Sam glues a frame around a picture that is 7 centimeters wide and 10 centimeters tall. How long is the frame all the way around?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
5A rug covers 35 square inches of floor. It is 5 inches wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
6A rectangle-shaped playground has a perimeter of 14 meters. One side is 4 meters long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ meters
7Priya puts a fence all the way around a garden that is 3 feet long and 7 feet wide. How many feet of fence does Priya need?
Answer: ______________ feet
8Lily glues a frame around a picture that is 9 inches wide and 3 inches tall. How long is the frame all the way around?
Answer: ______________ inches
9Priya walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 8 feet in all. The yard is 2 feet long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
10Priya has 22 feet of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 7 feet long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ feet
11The class bulletin board is 8 feet long and 5 feet tall. How many square feet of paper cover it?
Answer: ______________ square feet
12A rug covers 20 square feet of floor. It is 2 feet wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 26 yards
- 2. 36 square feet
- 3. 34 meters
- 4. 34 centimeters
- 5. 7 inches
- 6. 3 meters
- 7. 20 feet
- 8. 24 inches
- 9. 2 feet
- 10. 4 feet
- 11. 40 square feet
- 12. 10 feet
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