πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A pool cover has to cover a pool 6 meters long and 7 meters wide. How many square meters is the cover?
Answer: ______________ square meters
2Sam puts a border all the way around a bulletin board that is 8 feet long and 5 feet tall. How many feet of border are needed?
Answer: ______________ feet
3Priya glues a frame around a picture that is 10 centimeters wide and 6 centimeters tall. How long is the frame all the way around?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
4Maya has 36 feet of fence for a puppy pen. Pen A would be 2 feet by 16 feet. Pen B would be 3 feet by 15 feet. Both use all the fence. Which pen gives the puppy more room?
- APen A
- BBoth the same
- CPen B
5Priya has 30 meters of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 10 meters long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ meters
6The class bulletin board is 8 feet long and 3 feet tall. How many square feet of paper cover it?
Answer: ______________ square feet
7Lily 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 B
- CPen A
8A puppy pen is 2 yards long and 10 yards wide. How many yards of fence go all the way around it?
Answer: ______________ yards
9Aiden walks all the way around a park that is 7 meters long and 9 meters wide. How far does Aiden walk?
Answer: ______________ meters
10Priya puts a fence all the way around a garden that is 6 meters long and 7 meters wide. How many meters of fence does Priya need?
Answer: ______________ meters
11Omar swims along every side of a pool that is 6 feet long and 4 feet wide, back to the start. How far does Omar swim?
Answer: ______________ feet
12Aiden has 24 feet of fence for a puppy pen. Pen A would be 2 feet by 10 feet. Pen B would be 5 feet by 7 feet. Both use all the fence. Which pen gives the puppy more room?
- APen B
- BBoth the same
- CPen A
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 42 square meters
- 2. 26 feet
- 3. 32 centimeters
- 4. C (Pen B)
- 5. 5 meters
- 6. 24 square feet
- 7. C (Pen A)
- 8. 24 yards
- 9. 32 meters
- 10. 26 meters
- 11. 20 feet
- 12. A (Pen B)
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