πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Zoe has 36 yards of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 10 yards long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ yards
2Priya glues a frame around a picture that is 5 centimeters wide and 5 centimeters tall. How long is the frame all the way around?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
3The class bulletin board is 6 feet long and 2 feet tall. How many square feet of paper cover it?
Answer: ______________ square feet
4Priya has 34 feet of fence for a puppy pen. Pen A would be 2 feet by 15 feet. Pen B would be 3 feet by 14 feet. Both use all the fence. Which pen gives the puppy more room?
- ABoth the same
- BPen A
- CPen B
5Priya's team runs all the way around a field that is 9 meters long and 6 meters wide. How far is one lap?
Answer: ______________ meters
6A path goes all the way around the edge of this playground. How long is the path?
Answer: ______________ meters
7Leo swims along every side of a pool that is 3 meters long and 4 meters wide, back to the start. How far does Leo swim?
Answer: ______________ meters
8The floor of a room is shaped like this plan. How many square meters of carpet cover it?
Answer: ______________ square meters
9Zoe has 24 feet of fence for a puppy pen. Pen A would be 2 feet by 10 feet. Pen B would be 5 feet by 7 feet. Both use all the fence. Which pen gives the puppy more room?
- ABoth the same
- BPen B
- CPen A
10A puppy pen is 6 feet long and 4 feet wide. How many feet of fence go all the way around it?
Answer: ______________ feet
11Leo has 34 feet of fence for a puppy pen. Pen A would be 3 feet by 14 feet. Pen B would be 8 feet by 9 feet. Both use all the fence. Which pen gives the puppy more room?
- APen A
- BBoth the same
- CPen B
12Leo has 14 feet of fence for a puppy pen. Pen A would be 3 feet by 4 feet. Pen B would be 2 feet by 5 feet. Both use all the fence. Which pen gives the puppy more room?
- APen A
- BBoth the same
- CPen B
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 8 yards
- 2. 20 centimeters
- 3. 12 square feet
- 4. C (Pen B)
- 5. 30 meters
- 6. 22 meters
- 7. 14 meters
- 8. 14 square meters
- 9. B (Pen B)
- 10. 20 feet
- 11. C (Pen B)
- 12. A (Pen A)
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