πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A rectangle-shaped playground has a perimeter of 40 meters. One side is 10 meters long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ meters
2Zoe swims along every side of a pool that is 8 feet long and 6 feet wide, back to the start. How far does Zoe swim?
Answer: ______________ feet
3A pool cover has to cover a pool 9 meters long and 9 meters wide. How many square meters is the cover?
Answer: ______________ square meters
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?
- AGarden A
- BGarden B
- CBoth the same
5Leo glues a frame around a picture that is 9 centimeters wide and 3 centimeters tall. How long is the frame all the way around?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
6Aiden's classroom is shaped like this plan. What is its area?
Answer: ______________ square meters
7Aiden has 18 feet of fence for a puppy pen. Pen A would be 3 feet by 6 feet. Pen B would be 2 feet by 7 feet. Both use all the fence. Which pen gives the puppy more room?
- APen B
- BBoth the same
- CPen A
8Maya has 28 meters of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 8 meters long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ meters
9Sam puts a fence all the way around a garden that is 7 feet long and 10 feet wide. How many feet of fence does Sam need?
Answer: ______________ feet
10The floor of a room is shaped like this plan. How many square feet of carpet cover it?
Answer: ______________ square feet
11A rug covers 4 square meters of floor. It is 2 meters wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
12A puppy pen is 9 yards long and 8 yards wide. How many yards of fence go all the way around it?
Answer: ______________ yards
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 10 meters
- 2. 28 feet
- 3. 81 square meters
- 4. B (Garden B)
- 5. 24 centimeters
- 6. 18 square meters
- 7. C (Pen A)
- 8. 6 meters
- 9. 34 feet
- 10. 16 square feet
- 11. 2 meters
- 12. 34 yards
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