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 18 yards. One side is 7 yards long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ yards
2Sam glues a frame around a picture that is 4 centimeters wide and 4 centimeters tall. How long is the frame all the way around?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
3Aiden has 16 feet of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 6 feet long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ feet
4Aiden's team runs all the way around a field that is 3 yards long and 5 yards wide. How far is one lap?
Answer: ______________ yards
5Sam has 16 feet of fence for a puppy pen. Pen A would be 2 feet by 6 feet. Pen B would be 3 feet by 5 feet. Both use all the fence. Which pen gives the puppy more room?
- APen B
- BBoth the same
- CPen A
6A rectangle-shaped poster has an area of 40 square inches. It is 5 inches tall. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
7Priya paints a picture that is 9 inches wide and 8 inches tall. What is the area of the picture?
Answer: ______________ square inches
8Omar has 22 meters of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 6 meters long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ meters
9Two 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 B
- BBoth the same
- CGarden A
10Two gardens each have an area of 24 square feet. Garden A is 4 feet by 6 feet. Garden B is 2 feet by 12 feet. Which garden needs more fence to go all the way around?
- AGarden B
- BGarden A
- CBoth the same
11Zoe's garden is 10 feet long and 10 feet wide. How many square feet of garden can Zoe plant?
Answer: ______________ square feet
12A garden is shaped like this plan. What is its area?
Answer: ______________ square feet
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 2 yards
- 2. 16 centimeters
- 3. 2 feet
- 4. 16 yards
- 5. A (Pen B)
- 6. 8 inches
- 7. 72 square inches
- 8. 5 meters
- 9. C (Garden A)
- 10. A (Garden B)
- 11. 100 square feet
- 12. 9 square feet
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