πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A garden is shaped like this plan. What is its area?
Answer: ______________ square meters
2A path goes all the way around the edge of this playground. How long is the path?
Answer: ______________ meters
3A rectangle-shaped playground has a perimeter of 12 meters. One side is 4 meters long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ meters
4Priya's garden is 6 feet long and 3 feet wide. How many square feet of garden can Priya plant?
Answer: ______________ square feet
5A garden is shaped like this plan. What is its area?
Answer: ______________ square meters
6Zoe has 32 meters of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 9 meters long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ meters
7A rug in Aiden's room is 7 feet long and 9 feet wide. How many square feet of floor does it cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
8Maya's garden has an area of 54 square inches. It is 6 inches wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
9Aiden sews a ribbon all the way around the edge of a rug that is 8 feet long and 9 feet wide. How many feet of ribbon does Aiden need?
Answer: ______________ feet
10Leo paints a picture that is 3 centimeters wide and 4 centimeters tall. What is the area of the picture?
Answer: ______________ square centimeters
11A rectangle-shaped playground has a perimeter of 22 feet. One side is 6 feet long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ feet
12Aiden walks all the way around a park that is 6 meters long and 4 meters wide. How far does Aiden walk?
Answer: ______________ meters
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 20 square meters
- 2. 26 meters
- 3. 2 meters
- 4. 18 square feet
- 5. 16 square meters
- 6. 7 meters
- 7. 63 square feet
- 8. 9 inches
- 9. 34 feet
- 10. 12 square centimeters
- 11. 5 feet
- 12. 20 meters
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