πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A rug covers 25 square feet of floor. It is 5 feet wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
2Omar glues a frame around a picture that is 5 inches wide and 6 inches tall. How long is the frame all the way around?
Answer: ______________ inches
3Lily sews a ribbon all the way around the edge of a rug that is 6 feet long and 4 feet wide. How many feet of ribbon does Lily need?
Answer: ______________ feet
4Zoe glues a frame around a picture that is 9 inches wide and 2 inches tall. How long is the frame all the way around?
Answer: ______________ inches
5Leo walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 16 feet in all. The yard is 5 feet long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
6A rectangle-shaped poster has an area of 63 square feet. It is 7 feet tall. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
7A playing field is 8 yards long and 7 yards wide. How many square yards of grass does it have?
Answer: ______________ square yards
8Priya has 32 feet of fence for a puppy pen. Pen A would be 6 feet by 10 feet. Pen B would be 2 feet by 14 feet. Both use all the fence. Which pen gives the puppy more room?
- ABoth the same
- BPen A
- CPen B
9A rug in Sam's room is 6 feet long and 5 feet wide. How many square feet of floor does it cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
10Two gardens each have an area of 36 square feet. Garden A is 4 feet by 9 feet. Garden B is 6 feet by 6 feet. Which garden needs more fence to go all the way around?
- AGarden B
- BGarden A
- CBoth the same
11The class bulletin board is 4 feet long and 8 feet tall. How many square feet of paper cover it?
Answer: ______________ square feet
12Omar has 32 feet of fence for a puppy pen. Pen A would be 8 feet by 8 feet. Pen B would be 2 feet by 14 feet. Both use all the fence. Which pen gives the puppy more room?
- APen B
- BBoth the same
- CPen A
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 5 feet
- 2. 22 inches
- 3. 20 feet
- 4. 22 inches
- 5. 3 feet
- 6. 9 feet
- 7. 56 square yards
- 8. B (Pen A)
- 9. 30 square feet
- 10. B (Garden A)
- 11. 32 square feet
- 12. C (Pen A)
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