πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Omar puts a fence all the way around a garden that is 2 feet long and 3 feet wide. How many feet of fence does Omar need?
Answer: ______________ feet
2Zoe's classroom is shaped like this plan. What is its area?
Answer: ______________ square meters
3A pool cover has to cover a pool 5 feet long and 5 feet wide. How many square feet is the cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
4Omar has 8 feet of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 2 feet long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ feet
5A garden is shaped like this plan. What is its area?
Answer: ______________ square meters
6Maya glues a frame around a picture that is 8 inches wide and 8 inches tall. How long is the frame all the way around?
Answer: ______________ inches
7A rectangle-shaped poster has an area of 18 square feet. It is 3 feet tall. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
8Priya has 34 feet of fence for a puppy pen. Pen A would be 8 feet by 9 feet. Pen B would be 7 feet by 10 feet. Both use all the fence. Which pen gives the puppy more room?
- ABoth the same
- BPen A
- CPen B
9Two gardens each have an area of 24 square feet. Garden A is 2 feet by 12 feet. Garden B is 4 feet by 6 feet. Which garden needs more fence to go all the way around?
- AGarden B
- BBoth the same
- CGarden A
10Lily builds a pen for a puppy, 9 feet long and 7 feet wide. How many square feet of room does the puppy have?
Answer: ______________ square feet
11Omar has 28 feet of fence for a puppy pen. Pen A would be 2 feet by 12 feet. Pen B would be 4 feet by 10 feet. Both use all the fence. Which pen gives the puppy more room?
- APen B
- BBoth the same
- CPen A
12Omar walks all the way around a park that is 4 meters long and 6 meters wide. How far does Omar walk?
Answer: ______________ meters
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 10 feet
- 2. 20 square meters
- 3. 25 square feet
- 4. 2 feet
- 5. 24 square meters
- 6. 32 inches
- 7. 6 feet
- 8. B (Pen A)
- 9. C (Garden A)
- 10. 63 square feet
- 11. A (Pen B)
- 12. 20 meters
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