πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A rug covers 6 square meters of floor. It is 2 meters wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
2Two gardens each have an area of 16 square feet. Garden A is 4 feet by 4 feet. Garden B is 2 feet by 8 feet. Which garden needs more fence to go all the way around?
- ABoth the same
- BGarden B
- CGarden A
3A garden is shaped like this plan. What is its area?
Answer: ______________ square meters
4A rug covers 60 square feet of floor. It is 6 feet wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
5A playing field is 7 yards long and 6 yards wide. How many square yards of grass does it have?
Answer: ______________ square yards
6Priya's garden has an area of 10 square feet. It is 2 feet wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
7Maya sews a ribbon all the way around the edge of a rug that is 10 feet long and 8 feet wide. How many feet of ribbon does Maya need?
Answer: ______________ feet
8The floor of a room is shaped like this plan. How many square feet of carpet cover it?
Answer: ______________ square feet
9Two gardens each have an area of 12 square feet. Garden A is 3 feet by 4 feet. Garden B is 2 feet by 6 feet. Which garden needs more fence to go all the way around?
- ABoth the same
- BGarden A
- CGarden B
10The floor of a room is shaped like this plan. How many square meters of carpet cover it?
Answer: ______________ square meters
11A rectangle-shaped poster has an area of 20 square meters. It is 2 meters tall. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
12Aiden swims along every side of a pool that is 9 meters long and 9 meters wide, back to the start. How far does Aiden swim?
Answer: ______________ meters
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 3 meters
- 2. B (Garden B)
- 3. 24 square meters
- 4. 10 feet
- 5. 42 square yards
- 6. 5 feet
- 7. 36 feet
- 8. 32 square feet
- 9. C (Garden B)
- 10. 12 square meters
- 11. 10 meters
- 12. 36 meters
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