πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Maya walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 30 meters in all. The yard is 8 meters long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
2A rug in Sam's room is 9 feet long and 8 feet wide. How many square feet of floor does it cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
3Zoe has 26 yards of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 10 yards long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ yards
4Priya has 32 feet of fence for a puppy pen. Pen A would be 7 feet by 9 feet. Pen B would be 3 feet by 13 feet. Both use all the fence. Which pen gives the puppy more room?
- APen B
- BBoth the same
- CPen A
5Leo has 34 feet of fence for a puppy pen. Pen A would be 7 feet by 10 feet. Pen B would be 8 feet by 9 feet. Both use all the fence. Which pen gives the puppy more room?
- APen B
- BPen A
- CBoth the same
6Lily puts a fence all the way around a garden that is 7 feet long and 6 feet wide. How many feet of fence does Lily need?
Answer: ______________ feet
7A playing field is 3 yards long and 6 yards wide. How many square yards of grass does it have?
Answer: ______________ square yards
8Leo's classroom is shaped like this plan. What is its area?
Answer: ______________ square feet
9Sam has 26 feet of fence for a puppy pen. Pen A would be 4 feet by 9 feet. Pen B would be 2 feet by 11 feet. Both use all the fence. Which pen gives the puppy more room?
- ABoth the same
- BPen B
- CPen A
10Lily's garden is 3 feet long and 8 feet wide. How many square feet of garden can Lily plant?
Answer: ______________ square feet
11Maya puts a border all the way around a bulletin board that is 5 feet long and 10 feet tall. How many feet of border are needed?
Answer: ______________ feet
12A pool cover has to cover a pool 9 feet long and 3 feet wide. How many square feet is the cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 7 meters
- 2. 72 square feet
- 3. 3 yards
- 4. C (Pen A)
- 5. A (Pen B)
- 6. 26 feet
- 7. 18 square yards
- 8. 14 square feet
- 9. C (Pen A)
- 10. 24 square feet
- 11. 30 feet
- 12. 27 square feet
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