πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Leo has 18 feet of fence for a puppy pen. Pen A would be 3 feet by 6 feet. Pen B would be 2 feet by 7 feet. Both use all the fence. Which pen gives the puppy more room?
- APen A
- BBoth the same
- CPen B
2A playing field is 4 yards long and 8 yards wide. How many square yards of grass does it have?
Answer: ______________ square yards
3Two 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
- BGarden A
- CBoth the same
4A path goes all the way around the edge of this playground. How long is the path?
Answer: ______________ meters
5Sam 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?
- APen A
- BPen B
- CBoth the same
6The class bulletin board is 7 feet long and 4 feet tall. How many square feet of paper cover it?
Answer: ______________ square feet
7Two gardens each have an area of 12 square feet. Garden A is 2 feet by 6 feet. Garden B is 3 feet by 4 feet. Which garden needs more fence to go all the way around?
- AGarden A
- BGarden B
- CBoth the same
8Priya glues a frame around a picture that is 6 inches wide and 7 inches tall. How long is the frame all the way around?
Answer: ______________ inches
9Maya glues a frame around a picture that is 10 centimeters wide and 5 centimeters tall. How long is the frame all the way around?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
10A park is 2 meters long and 6 meters wide. What is the area of the park?
Answer: ______________ square meters
11The floor of a room is shaped like this plan. How many square feet of carpet cover it?
Answer: ______________ square feet
12Aiden has 20 yards of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 8 yards long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ yards
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. A (Pen A)
- 2. 32 square yards
- 3. B (Garden A)
- 4. 26 meters
- 5. A (Pen A)
- 6. 28 square feet
- 7. A (Garden A)
- 8. 26 inches
- 9. 30 centimeters
- 10. 12 square meters
- 11. 22 square feet
- 12. 2 yards
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