πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Two 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 A
- BBoth the same
- CGarden B
2Lily's garden has an area of 30 square inches. It is 3 inches wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
3The floor of a room is shaped like this plan. How many square meters of carpet cover it?
Answer: ______________ square meters
4A rectangle-shaped poster has an area of 40 square inches. It is 5 inches tall. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
5A puppy pen is 7 yards long and 5 yards wide. How many yards of fence go all the way around it?
Answer: ______________ yards
6Zoe has 16 feet of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 6 feet long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ feet
7A path goes all the way around the edge of this playground. How long is the path?
Answer: ______________ meters
8Sam has 36 feet of fence for a puppy pen. Pen A would be 9 feet by 9 feet. Pen B would be 6 feet by 12 feet. Both use all the fence. Which pen gives the puppy more room?
- APen B
- BPen A
- CBoth the same
9Maya builds a pen for a puppy, 6 yards long and 9 yards wide. How many square yards of room does the puppy have?
Answer: ______________ square yards
10A park is 3 meters long and 6 meters wide. What is the area of the park?
Answer: ______________ square meters
11The class bulletin board is 5 feet long and 2 feet tall. How many square feet of paper cover it?
Answer: ______________ square feet
12A path goes all the way around the edge of this playground. How long is the path?
Answer: ______________ meters
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. C (Garden B)
- 2. 10 inches
- 3. 25 square meters
- 4. 8 inches
- 5. 24 yards
- 6. 2 feet
- 7. 24 meters
- 8. B (Pen A)
- 9. 54 square yards
- 10. 18 square meters
- 11. 10 square feet
- 12. 18 meters
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