πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Maya walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 14 yards in all. The yard is 5 yards long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ yards
2Leo has 12 feet of fence for a puppy pen. Pen A would be 3 feet by 3 feet. Pen B would be 2 feet by 4 feet. Both use all the fence. Which pen gives the puppy more room?
- ABoth the same
- BPen A
- CPen B
3A path goes all the way around the edge of this playground. How long is the path?
Answer: ______________ meters
4A playing field is 9 meters long and 5 meters wide. How many square meters of grass does it have?
Answer: ______________ square meters
5Maya has 34 feet of fence for a puppy pen. Pen A would be 7 feet by 10 feet. Pen B would be 5 feet by 12 feet. Both use all the fence. Which pen gives the puppy more room?
- APen B
- BPen A
- CBoth the same
6Maya 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
7The floor of a room is shaped like this plan. How many square meters of carpet cover it?
Answer: ______________ square meters
8Lily has 20 feet of fence for a puppy pen. Pen A would be 4 feet by 6 feet. Pen B would be 2 feet by 8 feet. Both use all the fence. Which pen gives the puppy more room?
- APen B
- BBoth the same
- CPen A
9Priya's classroom is shaped like this plan. What is its area?
Answer: ______________ square meters
10Zoe's garden has an area of 6 square meters. It is 2 meters wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
11Omar glues a frame around a picture that is 8 inches wide and 4 inches tall. How long is the frame all the way around?
Answer: ______________ inches
12Maya's team runs all the way around a field that is 5 yards long and 9 yards wide. How far is one lap?
Answer: ______________ yards
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 2 yards
- 2. B (Pen A)
- 3. 22 meters
- 4. 45 square meters
- 5. B (Pen A)
- 6. 5 yards
- 7. 18 square meters
- 8. C (Pen A)
- 9. 40 square meters
- 10. 3 meters
- 11. 24 inches
- 12. 28 yards
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