πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A garden is shaped like this plan. What is its area?
Answer: ______________ square meters
2A path goes all the way around the edge of this playground. How long is the path?
Answer: ______________ meters
3Zoe walks all the way around a park that is 6 meters long and 3 meters wide. How far does Zoe walk?
Answer: ______________ meters
4Lily's garden has an area of 64 square feet. It is 8 feet wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
5A rug covers 12 square inches of floor. It is 3 inches wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
6Priya walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 28 meters in all. The yard is 9 meters long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
7Leo puts a fence all the way around a garden that is 9 feet long and 9 feet wide. How many feet of fence does Leo need?
Answer: ______________ feet
8Aiden has 14 yards of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 4 yards long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ yards
9Two gardens each have an area of 18 square feet. Garden A is 3 feet by 6 feet. Garden B is 2 feet by 9 feet. Which garden needs more fence to go all the way around?
- AGarden B
- BGarden A
- CBoth the same
10Zoe has 22 feet of fence for a puppy pen. Pen A would be 3 feet by 8 feet. Pen B would be 2 feet by 9 feet. Both use all the fence. Which pen gives the puppy more room?
- ABoth the same
- BPen B
- CPen A
11Priya has 24 meters of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 7 meters long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ meters
12Aiden paints a picture that is 10 inches wide and 7 inches tall. What is the area of the picture?
Answer: ______________ square inches
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 26 square meters
- 2. 22 meters
- 3. 18 meters
- 4. 8 feet
- 5. 4 inches
- 6. 5 meters
- 7. 36 feet
- 8. 3 yards
- 9. A (Garden B)
- 10. C (Pen A)
- 11. 5 meters
- 12. 70 square inches
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