πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A rectangle-shaped poster has an area of 63 square inches. It is 7 inches tall. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
2Priya puts a border all the way around a bulletin board that is 6 feet long and 7 feet tall. How many feet of border are needed?
Answer: ______________ feet
3Leo's team runs all the way around a field that is 8 yards long and 9 yards wide. How far is one lap?
Answer: ______________ yards
4A rectangle-shaped poster has an area of 6 square inches. It is 2 inches tall. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
5Zoe has 12 feet of fence for a puppy pen. Pen A would be 2 feet by 4 feet. Pen B would be 3 feet by 3 feet. Both use all the fence. Which pen gives the puppy more room?
- APen A
- BBoth the same
- CPen B
6A playing field is 7 yards long and 10 yards wide. How many square yards of grass does it have?
Answer: ______________ square yards
7A rectangle-shaped poster has an area of 12 square feet. It is 2 feet tall. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
8The floor of a room is shaped like this plan. How many square meters of carpet cover it?
Answer: ______________ square meters
9Priya puts a fence all the way around a garden shaped like this plan. How many feet of fence does Priya need?
Answer: ______________ feet
10Aiden glues a frame around a picture that is 4 centimeters wide and 9 centimeters tall. How long is the frame all the way around?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
11Zoe walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 10 yards in all. The yard is 3 yards long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ yards
12A park is 6 yards long and 7 yards wide. What is the area of the park?
Answer: ______________ square yards
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 9 inches
- 2. 26 feet
- 3. 34 yards
- 4. 3 inches
- 5. C (Pen B)
- 6. 70 square yards
- 7. 6 feet
- 8. 31 square meters
- 9. 20 feet
- 10. 26 centimeters
- 11. 2 yards
- 12. 42 square yards
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