πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A garden is shaped like this plan. What is its area?
Answer: ______________ square feet
2Zoe has 26 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
3Two gardens each have an area of 36 square feet. Garden A is 3 feet by 12 feet. Garden B is 2 feet by 18 feet. Which garden needs more fence to go all the way around?
- AGarden B
- BBoth the same
- CGarden A
4Lily paints a picture that is 6 inches wide and 5 inches tall. What is the area of the picture?
Answer: ______________ square inches
5Lily puts a fence all the way around a garden that is 8 meters long and 10 meters wide. How many meters of fence does Lily need?
Answer: ______________ meters
6Lily glues a frame around a picture that is 6 centimeters wide and 7 centimeters tall. How long is the frame all the way around?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
7Lily puts a border all the way around a bulletin board that is 9 feet long and 9 feet tall. How many feet of border are needed?
Answer: ______________ feet
8Leo swims along every side of a pool that is 8 meters long and 6 meters wide, back to the start. How far does Leo swim?
Answer: ______________ meters
9Aiden sews a ribbon all the way around the edge of a rug that is 8 feet long and 6 feet wide. How many feet of ribbon does Aiden need?
Answer: ______________ feet
10A puppy pen is 6 yards long and 5 yards wide. How many yards of fence go all the way around it?
Answer: ______________ yards
11Lily walks all the way around a park that is 4 meters long and 4 meters wide. How far does Lily walk?
Answer: ______________ meters
12Two gardens each have an area of 20 square feet. Garden A is 2 feet by 10 feet. Garden B is 4 feet by 5 feet. Which garden needs more fence to go all the way around?
- AGarden A
- BGarden B
- CBoth the same
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 32 square feet
- 2. 6 feet
- 3. A (Garden B)
- 4. 30 square inches
- 5. 36 meters
- 6. 26 centimeters
- 7. 36 feet
- 8. 28 meters
- 9. 28 feet
- 10. 22 yards
- 11. 16 meters
- 12. A (Garden A)
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