πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Lily has 10 meters of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 3 meters long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ meters
2A pool cover has to cover a pool 4 meters long and 2 meters wide. How many square meters is the cover?
Answer: ______________ square meters
3Leo's classroom is shaped like this plan. What is its area?
Answer: ______________ square meters
4Aiden walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 24 yards in all. The yard is 8 yards long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ yards
5Omar swims along every side of a pool that is 10 meters long and 4 meters wide, back to the start. How far does Omar swim?
Answer: ______________ meters
6Priya walks all the way around a park that is 2 meters long and 7 meters wide. How far does Priya walk?
Answer: ______________ meters
7Maya 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?
- ABoth the same
- BPen B
- CPen A
8The floor of a room is shaped like this plan. How many square meters of carpet cover it?
Answer: ______________ square meters
9A path goes all the way around the edge of this playground. How long is the path?
Answer: ______________ meters
10A park is 7 yards long and 2 yards wide. What is the area of the park?
Answer: ______________ square yards
11A garden is shaped like this plan. What is its area?
Answer: ______________ square meters
12Lily walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 38 meters in all. The yard is 10 meters long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 2 meters
- 2. 8 square meters
- 3. 12 square meters
- 4. 4 yards
- 5. 28 meters
- 6. 18 meters
- 7. B (Pen B)
- 8. 21 square meters
- 9. 30 meters
- 10. 14 square yards
- 11. 22 square meters
- 12. 9 meters
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