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 feet
2Two gardens each have an area of 16 square feet. Garden A is 2 feet by 8 feet. Garden B is 4 feet by 4 feet. Which garden needs more fence to go all the way around?
- AGarden A
- BBoth the same
- CGarden B
3A path goes all the way around the edge of this playground. How long is the path?
Answer: ______________ meters
4Priya sews a ribbon all the way around the edge of a rug that is 6 feet long and 2 feet wide. How many feet of ribbon does Priya need?
Answer: ______________ feet
5Zoe sews a ribbon all the way around the edge of a rug that is 4 feet long and 4 feet wide. How many feet of ribbon does Zoe need?
Answer: ______________ feet
6Two gardens each have an area of 12 square feet. Garden A is 3 feet by 4 feet. Garden B is 2 feet by 6 feet. Which garden needs more fence to go all the way around?
- AGarden B
- BBoth the same
- CGarden A
7Two gardens each have an area of 24 square feet. Garden A is 4 feet by 6 feet. Garden B is 3 feet by 8 feet. Which garden needs more fence to go all the way around?
- AGarden B
- BBoth the same
- CGarden A
8Priya builds a pen for a puppy, 9 feet long and 2 feet wide. How many square feet of room does the puppy have?
Answer: ______________ square feet
9Lily walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 32 feet in all. The yard is 9 feet long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
10Maya builds a pen for a puppy, 9 yards long and 10 yards wide. How many square yards of room does the puppy have?
Answer: ______________ square yards
11A garden is shaped like this plan. What is its area?
Answer: ______________ square meters
12Maya has 32 feet of fence for a puppy pen. Pen A would be 7 feet by 9 feet. Pen B would be 5 feet by 11 feet. Both use all the fence. Which pen gives the puppy more room?
- ABoth the same
- BPen A
- CPen B
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 16 square feet
- 2. A (Garden A)
- 3. 24 meters
- 4. 16 feet
- 5. 16 feet
- 6. A (Garden B)
- 7. A (Garden B)
- 8. 18 square feet
- 9. 7 feet
- 10. 90 square yards
- 11. 28 square meters
- 12. B (Pen A)
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