πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Lily puts a fence all the way around a garden shaped like this plan. How many feet of fence does Lily need?
Answer: ______________ feet
2Sam builds a pen for a puppy, 5 feet long and 7 feet wide. How many square feet of room does the puppy have?
Answer: ______________ square feet
3A path goes all the way around the edge of this playground. How long is the path?
Answer: ______________ feet
4A garden is shaped like this plan. What is its area?
Answer: ______________ square feet
5Leo walks all the way around a park that is 5 yards long and 8 yards wide. How far does Leo walk?
Answer: ______________ yards
6A rectangle-shaped poster has an area of 45 square feet. It is 5 feet tall. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
7Priya's garden is 4 feet long and 5 feet wide. How many square feet of garden can Priya plant?
Answer: ______________ square feet
8Two gardens each have an area of 20 square feet. Garden A is 4 feet by 5 feet. Garden B is 2 feet by 10 feet. Which garden needs more fence to go all the way around?
- ABoth the same
- BGarden A
- CGarden B
9A garden is shaped like this plan. What is its area?
Answer: ______________ square meters
10Two gardens each have an area of 18 square feet. Garden A is 2 feet by 9 feet. Garden B is 3 feet by 6 feet. Which garden needs more fence to go all the way around?
- AGarden A
- BGarden B
- CBoth the same
11A pool cover has to cover a pool 5 feet long and 4 feet wide. How many square feet is the cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
12A puppy pen is 2 feet long and 9 feet wide. How many feet of fence go all the way around it?
Answer: ______________ feet
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 30 feet
- 2. 35 square feet
- 3. 24 feet
- 4. 15 square feet
- 5. 26 yards
- 6. 9 feet
- 7. 20 square feet
- 8. C (Garden B)
- 9. 14 square meters
- 10. A (Garden A)
- 11. 20 square feet
- 12. 22 feet
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