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
- BGarden B
- CBoth the same
2Priya's garden is 2 meters long and 4 meters wide. How many square meters of garden can Priya plant?
Answer: ______________ square meters
3A rectangle-shaped playground has a perimeter of 28 yards. One side is 7 yards long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ yards
4Priya has 24 feet of fence for a puppy pen. Pen A would be 4 feet by 8 feet. Pen B would be 3 feet by 9 feet. Both use all the fence. Which pen gives the puppy more room?
- ABoth the same
- BPen A
- CPen B
5A park is 8 yards long and 4 yards wide. What is the area of the park?
Answer: ______________ square yards
6A garden is shaped like this plan. What is its area?
Answer: ______________ square meters
7Aiden swims along every side of a pool that is 3 meters long and 6 meters wide, back to the start. How far does Aiden swim?
Answer: ______________ meters
8Lily walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 26 yards in all. The yard is 8 yards long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ yards
9Maya has 32 feet of fence for a puppy pen. Pen A would be 5 feet by 11 feet. Pen B would be 8 feet by 8 feet. Both use all the fence. Which pen gives the puppy more room?
- APen B
- BPen A
- CBoth the same
10Lily puts a fence all the way around a garden shaped like this plan. How many meters of fence does Lily need?
Answer: ______________ meters
11Two gardens each have an area of 12 square feet. Garden A is 2 feet by 6 feet. Garden B is 3 feet by 4 feet. Which garden needs more fence to go all the way around?
- AGarden B
- BGarden A
- CBoth the same
12Two gardens each have an area of 24 square feet. Garden A is 3 feet by 8 feet. Garden B is 4 feet by 6 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. B (Garden B)
- 2. 8 square meters
- 3. 7 yards
- 4. B (Pen A)
- 5. 32 square yards
- 6. 26 square meters
- 7. 18 meters
- 8. 5 yards
- 9. A (Pen B)
- 10. 14 meters
- 11. B (Garden A)
- 12. B (Garden A)
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