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
2Two gardens each have an area of 12 square feet. Garden A is 3 feet by 4 feet. Garden B is 2 feet by 6 feet. Which garden needs more fence to go all the way around?
- AGarden A
- BBoth the same
- CGarden B
3A puppy pen is 2 feet long and 7 feet wide. How many feet of fence go all the way around it?
Answer: ______________ feet
4Lily sews a ribbon all the way around the edge of a rug that is 2 feet long and 5 feet wide. How many feet of ribbon does Lily need?
Answer: ______________ feet
5Maya puts a fence all the way around a garden that is 4 meters long and 6 meters wide. How many meters of fence does Maya need?
Answer: ______________ meters
6Omar has 20 feet of fence for a puppy pen. Pen A would be 2 feet by 8 feet. Pen B would be 5 feet by 5 feet. Both use all the fence. Which pen gives the puppy more room?
- APen A
- BBoth the same
- CPen B
7Maya 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
8A rectangle-shaped poster has an area of 30 square feet. It is 3 feet tall. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
9Lily paints a picture that is 6 inches wide and 9 inches tall. What is the area of the picture?
Answer: ______________ square inches
10A garden is shaped like this plan. What is its area?
Answer: ______________ square meters
11A garden is shaped like this plan. What is its area?
Answer: ______________ square feet
12Zoe has 16 feet of fence for a puppy pen. Pen A would be 4 feet by 4 feet. Pen B would be 3 feet by 5 feet. Both use all the fence. Which pen gives the puppy more room?
- ABoth the same
- BPen B
- CPen A
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 2 meters
- 2. C (Garden B)
- 3. 18 feet
- 4. 14 feet
- 5. 20 meters
- 6. C (Pen B)
- 7. 7 meters
- 8. 10 feet
- 9. 54 square inches
- 10. 22 square meters
- 11. 16 square feet
- 12. C (Pen A)
Practice this lesson online with games that adjust to your child: agarwalmath.com/math/3rd-grade/word-area-perimeter