πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A rectangle-shaped playground has a perimeter of 24 yards. One side is 9 yards long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ yards
2Aiden has 34 feet of fence for a puppy pen. Pen A would be 8 feet by 9 feet. Pen B would be 5 feet by 12 feet. Both use all the fence. Which pen gives the puppy more room?
- ABoth the same
- BPen A
- CPen B
3The class bulletin board is 10 feet long and 5 feet tall. How many square feet of paper cover it?
Answer: ______________ square feet
4A path goes all the way around the edge of this playground. How long is the path?
Answer: ______________ meters
5A pool cover has to cover a pool 9 feet long and 8 feet wide. How many square feet is the cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
6Lily walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 16 yards in all. The yard is 6 yards long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ yards
7A playing field is 3 yards long and 8 yards wide. How many square yards of grass does it have?
Answer: ______________ square yards
8Priya has 12 feet of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 3 feet long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ feet
9Aiden's garden is 4 meters long and 3 meters wide. How many square meters of garden can Aiden plant?
Answer: ______________ square meters
10Zoe's classroom is shaped like this plan. What is its area?
Answer: ______________ square meters
11Two 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 B
- BBoth the same
- CGarden A
12Leo sews a ribbon all the way around the edge of a rug that is 5 feet long and 2 feet wide. How many feet of ribbon does Leo need?
Answer: ______________ feet
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 3 yards
- 2. B (Pen A)
- 3. 50 square feet
- 4. 28 meters
- 5. 72 square feet
- 6. 2 yards
- 7. 24 square yards
- 8. 3 feet
- 9. 12 square meters
- 10. 14 square meters
- 11. C (Garden A)
- 12. 14 feet
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