πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Sam glues a frame around a picture that is 9 inches wide and 4 inches tall. How long is the frame all the way around?
Answer: ______________ inches
2Priya has 18 feet of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 7 feet long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ feet
3The class bulletin board is 4 feet long and 8 feet tall. How many square feet of paper cover it?
Answer: ______________ square feet
4Two gardens each have an area of 20 square feet. Garden A is 4 feet by 5 feet. Garden B is 2 feet by 10 feet. Which garden needs more fence to go all the way around?
- ABoth the same
- BGarden B
- CGarden A
5Omar has 34 feet of fence for a puppy pen. Pen A would be 4 feet by 13 feet. Pen B would be 8 feet by 9 feet. Both use all the fence. Which pen gives the puppy more room?
- ABoth the same
- BPen A
- CPen B
6A rectangle-shaped poster has an area of 48 square meters. It is 6 meters tall. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
7Omar has 30 feet of fence for a puppy pen. Pen A would be 5 feet by 10 feet. Pen B would be 3 feet by 12 feet. Both use all the fence. Which pen gives the puppy more room?
- APen B
- BBoth the same
- CPen A
8Aiden sews a ribbon all the way around the edge of a rug that is 10 feet long and 7 feet wide. How many feet of ribbon does Aiden need?
Answer: ______________ feet
9A park is 10 meters long and 5 meters wide. What is the area of the park?
Answer: ______________ square meters
10Leo puts a border all the way around a bulletin board that is 2 feet long and 4 feet tall. How many feet of border are needed?
Answer: ______________ feet
11Lily has 30 feet of fence for a puppy pen. Pen A would be 5 feet by 10 feet. Pen B would be 3 feet by 12 feet. Both use all the fence. Which pen gives the puppy more room?
- APen A
- BBoth the same
- CPen B
12A rectangle-shaped playground has a perimeter of 24 feet. One side is 7 feet long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ feet
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 26 inches
- 2. 2 feet
- 3. 32 square feet
- 4. B (Garden B)
- 5. C (Pen B)
- 6. 8 meters
- 7. C (Pen A)
- 8. 34 feet
- 9. 50 square meters
- 10. 12 feet
- 11. A (Pen A)
- 12. 5 feet
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