πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Maya walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 32 feet in all. The yard is 9 feet long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
2Leo walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 34 feet in all. The yard is 9 feet long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
3Sam walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 20 feet in all. The yard is 6 feet long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
4Leo's classroom is shaped like this plan. What is its area?
Answer: ______________ square feet
5Aiden puts a fence all the way around a garden shaped like this plan. How many feet of fence does Aiden need?
Answer: ______________ feet
6Leo walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 26 meters in all. The yard is 8 meters long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
7Priya sews a ribbon all the way around the edge of a rug that is 7 feet long and 2 feet wide. How many feet of ribbon does Priya need?
Answer: ______________ feet
8Leo has 16 feet of fence for a puppy pen. Pen A would be 3 feet by 5 feet. Pen B would be 2 feet by 6 feet. Both use all the fence. Which pen gives the puppy more room?
- APen A
- BPen B
- CBoth the same
9Priya builds a pen for a puppy, 10 yards long and 7 yards wide. How many square yards of room does the puppy have?
Answer: ______________ square yards
10Aiden has 22 feet of fence for a puppy pen. Pen A would be 4 feet by 7 feet. Pen B would be 3 feet by 8 feet. Both use all the fence. Which pen gives the puppy more room?
- APen B
- BBoth the same
- CPen A
11A rug in Priya's room is 4 feet long and 9 feet wide. How many square feet of floor does it cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
12Two gardens each have an area of 24 square feet. Garden A is 3 feet by 8 feet. Garden B is 2 feet by 12 feet. Which garden needs more fence to go all the way around?
- AGarden B
- BGarden A
- CBoth the same
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 7 feet
- 2. 8 feet
- 3. 4 feet
- 4. 18 square feet
- 5. 24 feet
- 6. 5 meters
- 7. 18 feet
- 8. A (Pen A)
- 9. 70 square yards
- 10. C (Pen A)
- 11. 36 square feet
- 12. A (Garden B)
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