πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Sam walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 18 meters in all. The yard is 7 meters long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
2Sam's team runs all the way around a field that is 3 yards long and 7 yards wide. How far is one lap?
Answer: ______________ yards
3The class bulletin board is 10 feet long and 8 feet tall. How many square feet of paper cover it?
Answer: ______________ square feet
4Zoe walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 8 feet in all. The yard is 2 feet long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
5A rug covers 80 square inches of floor. It is 8 inches wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
6Zoe's classroom is shaped like this plan. What is its area?
Answer: ______________ square meters
7A rectangle-shaped playground has a perimeter of 12 feet. One side is 4 feet long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ feet
8A path goes all the way around the edge of this playground. How long is the path?
Answer: ______________ meters
9Zoe sews a ribbon all the way around the edge of a rug that is 10 feet long and 7 feet wide. How many feet of ribbon does Zoe need?
Answer: ______________ feet
10Two gardens each have an area of 16 square feet. Garden A is 4 feet by 4 feet. Garden B is 2 feet by 8 feet. Which garden needs more fence to go all the way around?
- AGarden A
- BBoth the same
- CGarden B
11Sam puts a fence all the way around a garden shaped like this plan. How many feet of fence does Sam need?
Answer: ______________ feet
12Priya puts a border all the way around a bulletin board that is 5 feet long and 5 feet tall. How many feet of border are needed?
Answer: ______________ feet
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 2 meters
- 2. 20 yards
- 3. 80 square feet
- 4. 2 feet
- 5. 10 inches
- 6. 18 square meters
- 7. 2 feet
- 8. 16 meters
- 9. 34 feet
- 10. C (Garden B)
- 11. 28 feet
- 12. 20 feet
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