πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Sam puts a fence all the way around a garden shaped like this plan. How many meters of fence does Sam need?
Answer: ______________ meters
2A puppy pen is 8 yards long and 8 yards wide. How many yards of fence go all the way around it?
Answer: ______________ yards
3Two gardens each have an area of 36 square feet. Garden A is 4 feet by 9 feet. Garden B is 3 feet by 12 feet. Which garden needs more fence to go all the way around?
- AGarden A
- BBoth the same
- CGarden B
4Aiden has 28 meters of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 8 meters long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ meters
5The floor of a room is shaped like this plan. How many square feet of carpet cover it?
Answer: ______________ square feet
6Two 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 B
- BBoth the same
- CGarden A
7A puppy pen is 8 yards long and 5 yards wide. How many yards of fence go all the way around it?
Answer: ______________ yards
8Priya has 12 feet of fence for a puppy pen. Pen A would be 2 feet by 4 feet. Pen B would be 3 feet by 3 feet. Both use all the fence. Which pen gives the puppy more room?
- APen B
- BBoth the same
- CPen A
9Leo glues a frame around a picture that is 7 centimeters wide and 2 centimeters tall. How long is the frame all the way around?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
10Zoe walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 36 yards in all. The yard is 10 yards long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ yards
11Omar has 24 feet of fence for a puppy pen. Pen A would be 4 feet by 8 feet. Pen B would be 6 feet by 6 feet. Both use all the fence. Which pen gives the puppy more room?
- ABoth the same
- BPen B
- CPen A
12A rug in Lily's room is 2 feet long and 10 feet wide. How many square feet of floor does it cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 28 meters
- 2. 32 yards
- 3. C (Garden B)
- 4. 6 meters
- 5. 30 square feet
- 6. C (Garden A)
- 7. 26 yards
- 8. A (Pen B)
- 9. 18 centimeters
- 10. 8 yards
- 11. B (Pen B)
- 12. 20 square feet
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