πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1The floor of a room is shaped like this plan. How many square feet of carpet cover it?
Answer: ______________ square feet
2Zoe has 14 feet of fence for a puppy pen. Pen A would be 2 feet by 5 feet. Pen B would be 3 feet by 4 feet. Both use all the fence. Which pen gives the puppy more room?
- APen B
- BBoth the same
- CPen A
3Priya sews a ribbon all the way around the edge of a rug that is 7 feet long and 4 feet wide. How many feet of ribbon does Priya need?
Answer: ______________ feet
4Omar swims along every side of a pool that is 9 feet long and 4 feet wide, back to the start. How far does Omar swim?
Answer: ______________ feet
5A rug covers 35 square meters of floor. It is 5 meters wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
6A pool cover has to cover a pool 2 feet long and 9 feet wide. How many square feet is the cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
7A path goes all the way around the edge of this playground. How long is the path?
Answer: ______________ meters
8A playing field is 9 meters long and 5 meters wide. How many square meters of grass does it have?
Answer: ______________ square meters
9Leo walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 8 meters in all. The yard is 2 meters long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
10A pool cover has to cover a pool 4 feet long and 7 feet wide. How many square feet is the cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
11A rectangle-shaped playground has a perimeter of 22 meters. One side is 8 meters long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ meters
12A garden is shaped like this plan. What is its area?
Answer: ______________ square feet
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 23 square feet
- 2. A (Pen B)
- 3. 22 feet
- 4. 26 feet
- 5. 7 meters
- 6. 18 square feet
- 7. 16 meters
- 8. 45 square meters
- 9. 2 meters
- 10. 28 square feet
- 11. 3 meters
- 12. 28 square feet
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