πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A puppy pen is 7 feet long and 6 feet wide. How many feet of fence go all the way around it?
Answer: ______________ feet
2The floor of a room is shaped like this plan. How many square feet of carpet cover it?
Answer: ______________ square feet
3Two gardens each have an area of 24 square feet. Garden A is 3 feet by 8 feet. Garden B is 4 feet by 6 feet. Which garden needs more fence to go all the way around?
- ABoth the same
- BGarden B
- CGarden A
4A rectangle-shaped playground has a perimeter of 34 meters. One side is 10 meters long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ meters
5A rug in Sam's room is 2 feet long and 7 feet wide. How many square feet of floor does it cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
6Sam has 26 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
7A rug in Maya's room is 10 feet long and 8 feet wide. How many square feet of floor does it cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
8Omar puts a fence all the way around a garden shaped like this plan. How many meters of fence does Omar need?
Answer: ______________ meters
9Omar has 34 feet of fence for a puppy pen. Pen A would be 4 feet by 13 feet. Pen B would be 3 feet by 14 feet. Both use all the fence. Which pen gives the puppy more room?
- APen A
- BBoth the same
- CPen B
10A park is 8 meters long and 10 meters wide. What is the area of the park?
Answer: ______________ square meters
11A playing field is 2 meters long and 6 meters wide. How many square meters of grass does it have?
Answer: ______________ square meters
12A rug covers 49 square feet of floor. It is 7 feet wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 26 feet
- 2. 15 square feet
- 3. C (Garden A)
- 4. 7 meters
- 5. 14 square feet
- 6. 3 yards
- 7. 80 square feet
- 8. 22 meters
- 9. A (Pen A)
- 10. 80 square meters
- 11. 12 square meters
- 12. 7 feet
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