πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Priya puts a fence all the way around a garden shaped like this plan. How many feet of fence does Priya need?
Answer: ______________ feet
2Priya walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 30 meters in all. The yard is 10 meters long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
3Zoe walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 28 feet in all. The yard is 9 feet long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
4Zoe's team runs all the way around a field that is 3 meters long and 2 meters wide. How far is one lap?
Answer: ______________ meters
5Sam walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 22 yards in all. The yard is 9 yards long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ yards
6A park is 6 meters long and 10 meters wide. What is the area of the park?
Answer: ______________ square meters
7A path goes all the way around the edge of this playground. How long is the path?
Answer: ______________ feet
8A park is 2 meters long and 7 meters wide. What is the area of the park?
Answer: ______________ square meters
9A garden is shaped like this plan. What is its area?
Answer: ______________ square feet
10Omar's garden has an area of 9 square meters. It is 3 meters wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
11Zoe has 40 yards of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 10 yards long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ yards
12Leo swims along every side of a pool that is 6 meters long and 4 meters wide, back to the start. How far does Leo swim?
Answer: ______________ meters
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 26 feet
- 2. 5 meters
- 3. 5 feet
- 4. 10 meters
- 5. 2 yards
- 6. 60 square meters
- 7. 14 feet
- 8. 14 square meters
- 9. 12 square feet
- 10. 3 meters
- 11. 10 yards
- 12. 20 meters
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