πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Maya puts a fence all the way around a garden that is 9 feet long and 2 feet wide. How many feet of fence does Maya need?
Answer: ______________ feet
2A path goes all the way around the edge of this playground. How long is the path?
Answer: ______________ meters
3The floor of a room is shaped like this plan. How many square feet of carpet cover it?
Answer: ______________ square feet
4Leo puts a fence all the way around a garden shaped like this plan. How many meters of fence does Leo need?
Answer: ______________ meters
5Leo sews a ribbon all the way around the edge of a rug that is 9 feet long and 9 feet wide. How many feet of ribbon does Leo need?
Answer: ______________ feet
6The floor of a room is shaped like this plan. How many square meters of carpet cover it?
Answer: ______________ square meters
7A rug in Aiden's room is 2 feet long and 4 feet wide. How many square feet of floor does it cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
8Two gardens each have an area of 20 square feet. Garden A is 2 feet by 10 feet. Garden B is 4 feet by 5 feet. Which garden needs more fence to go all the way around?
- ABoth the same
- BGarden A
- CGarden B
9The floor of a room is shaped like this plan. How many square feet of carpet cover it?
Answer: ______________ square feet
10A path goes all the way around the edge of this playground. How long is the path?
Answer: ______________ meters
11A playing field is 9 meters long and 3 meters wide. How many square meters of grass does it have?
Answer: ______________ square meters
12The floor of a room is shaped like this plan. How many square meters of carpet cover it?
Answer: ______________ square meters
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 22 feet
- 2. 24 meters
- 3. 9 square feet
- 4. 22 meters
- 5. 36 feet
- 6. 19 square meters
- 7. 8 square feet
- 8. B (Garden A)
- 9. 16 square feet
- 10. 20 meters
- 11. 27 square meters
- 12. 20 square meters
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