πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A path goes all the way around the edge of this playground. How long is the path?
Answer: ______________ feet
2A rug in Omar's room is 9 feet long and 3 feet wide. How many square feet of floor does it cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
3Priya has 22 feet of fence for a puppy pen. Pen A would be 4 feet by 7 feet. Pen B would be 2 feet by 9 feet. Both use all the fence. Which pen gives the puppy more room?
- APen B
- BBoth the same
- CPen A
4A rug covers 60 square inches of floor. It is 6 inches wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
5A rug covers 16 square inches of floor. It is 4 inches wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
6Lily has 26 feet of fence for a puppy pen. Pen A would be 3 feet by 10 feet. Pen B would be 2 feet by 11 feet. Both use all the fence. Which pen gives the puppy more room?
- APen B
- BPen A
- CBoth the same
7Priya's classroom is shaped like this plan. What is its area?
Answer: ______________ square feet
8Zoe has 28 yards of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 9 yards long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ yards
9Two 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?
- AGarden A
- BGarden B
- CBoth the same
10A path goes all the way around the edge of this playground. How long is the path?
Answer: ______________ meters
11A playing field is 5 yards long and 4 yards wide. How many square yards of grass does it have?
Answer: ______________ square yards
12Lily puts a border all the way around a bulletin board that is 2 feet long and 9 feet tall. How many feet of border are needed?
Answer: ______________ feet
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 26 feet
- 2. 27 square feet
- 3. C (Pen A)
- 4. 10 inches
- 5. 4 inches
- 6. B (Pen A)
- 7. 12 square feet
- 8. 5 yards
- 9. A (Garden A)
- 10. 24 meters
- 11. 20 square yards
- 12. 22 feet
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