πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Leo puts a fence all the way around a garden shaped like this plan. How many meters of fence does Leo need?
Answer: ______________ meters
2Maya builds a pen for a puppy, 6 yards long and 8 yards wide. How many square yards of room does the puppy have?
Answer: ______________ square yards
3Lily has 14 feet of fence for a puppy pen. Pen A would be 2 feet by 5 feet. Pen B would be 3 feet by 4 feet. Both use all the fence. Which pen gives the puppy more room?
- APen A
- BBoth the same
- CPen B
4Maya builds a pen for a puppy, 4 yards long and 10 yards wide. How many square yards of room does the puppy have?
Answer: ______________ square yards
5Priya paints a picture that is 2 centimeters wide and 2 centimeters tall. What is the area of the picture?
Answer: ______________ square centimeters
6Leo's classroom is shaped like this plan. What is its area?
Answer: ______________ square meters
7A rectangle-shaped playground has a perimeter of 30 meters. One side is 8 meters long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ meters
8A pool cover has to cover a pool 4 meters long and 4 meters wide. How many square meters is the cover?
Answer: ______________ square meters
9A garden is shaped like this plan. What is its area?
Answer: ______________ square meters
10Sam has 32 feet of fence for a puppy pen. Pen A would be 3 feet by 13 feet. Pen B would be 2 feet by 14 feet. Both use all the fence. Which pen gives the puppy more room?
- APen B
- BPen A
- CBoth the same
11Priya walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 22 yards in all. The yard is 8 yards long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ yards
12Sam sews a ribbon all the way around the edge of a rug that is 2 feet long and 5 feet wide. How many feet of ribbon does Sam need?
Answer: ______________ feet
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 24 meters
- 2. 48 square yards
- 3. C (Pen B)
- 4. 40 square yards
- 5. 4 square centimeters
- 6. 16 square meters
- 7. 7 meters
- 8. 16 square meters
- 9. 24 square meters
- 10. B (Pen A)
- 11. 3 yards
- 12. 14 feet
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