πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A rectangle-shaped poster has an area of 40 square inches. It is 4 inches tall. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
2Leo builds a pen for a puppy, 10 feet long and 8 feet wide. How many square feet of room does the puppy have?
Answer: ______________ square feet
3The floor of a room is shaped like this plan. How many square feet of carpet cover it?
Answer: ______________ square feet
4Two gardens each have an area of 16 square feet. Garden A is 2 feet by 8 feet. Garden B is 4 feet by 4 feet. Which garden needs more fence to go all the way around?
- AGarden A
- BGarden B
- CBoth the same
5Zoe has 20 feet of fence for a puppy pen. Pen A would be 2 feet by 8 feet. Pen B would be 3 feet by 7 feet. Both use all the fence. Which pen gives the puppy more room?
- ABoth the same
- BPen B
- CPen A
6Omar has 30 feet of fence for a puppy pen. Pen A would be 4 feet by 11 feet. Pen B would be 5 feet by 10 feet. Both use all the fence. Which pen gives the puppy more room?
- APen A
- BBoth the same
- CPen B
7Omar's garden is 7 meters long and 2 meters wide. How many square meters of garden can Omar plant?
Answer: ______________ square meters
8Omar builds a pen for a puppy, 10 yards long and 4 yards wide. How many square yards of room does the puppy have?
Answer: ______________ square yards
9A park is 9 meters long and 4 meters wide. What is the area of the park?
Answer: ______________ square meters
10A rug in Aiden's room is 6 feet long and 4 feet wide. How many square feet of floor does it cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
11Leo puts a fence all the way around a garden shaped like this plan. How many feet of fence does Leo need?
Answer: ______________ feet
12Leo sews a ribbon all the way around the edge of a rug that is 9 feet long and 10 feet wide. How many feet of ribbon does Leo need?
Answer: ______________ feet
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 10 inches
- 2. 80 square feet
- 3. 18 square feet
- 4. A (Garden A)
- 5. B (Pen B)
- 6. C (Pen B)
- 7. 14 square meters
- 8. 40 square yards
- 9. 36 square meters
- 10. 24 square feet
- 11. 30 feet
- 12. 38 feet
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