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 10 yards. One side is 3 yards long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ yards
2A rectangle-shaped poster has an area of 48 square meters. It is 6 meters tall. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
3A rug in Maya's room is 10 feet long and 3 feet wide. How many square feet of floor does it cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
4Aiden swims along every side of a pool that is 9 feet long and 9 feet wide, back to the start. How far does Aiden swim?
Answer: ______________ feet
5A rectangle-shaped playground has a perimeter of 34 feet. One side is 9 feet long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ feet
6Maya puts a border all the way around a bulletin board that is 10 feet long and 4 feet tall. How many feet of border are needed?
Answer: ______________ feet
7A rug in Leo's room is 9 feet long and 8 feet wide. How many square feet of floor does it cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
8A rug covers 20 square inches of floor. It is 4 inches wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
9Lily has 32 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
10Priya sews a ribbon all the way around the edge of a rug that is 2 feet long and 6 feet wide. How many feet of ribbon does Priya need?
Answer: ______________ feet
11Omar swims along every side of a pool that is 3 meters long and 4 meters wide, back to the start. How far does Omar swim?
Answer: ______________ meters
12Omar glues a frame around a picture that is 8 inches wide and 5 inches tall. How long is the frame all the way around?
Answer: ______________ inches
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 2 yards
- 2. 8 meters
- 3. 30 square feet
- 4. 36 feet
- 5. 8 feet
- 6. 28 feet
- 7. 72 square feet
- 8. 5 inches
- 9. 7 meters
- 10. 16 feet
- 11. 14 meters
- 12. 26 inches
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