πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A rug in Zoe's room is 10 feet long and 2 feet wide. How many square feet of floor does it cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
2Lily puts a fence around a garden that is 7 feet long and 5 feet wide, but leaves a 2-foot gap for a gate. How many feet of fence does Lily need?
Answer: ______________ feet
3Zoe puts a fence around a garden that is 10 feet long and 9 feet wide, but leaves a 3-foot gap for a gate. How many feet of fence does Zoe need?
Answer: ______________ feet
4Maya puts a fence all the way around a garden that is 10 meters long and 5 meters wide. How many meters of fence does Maya need?
Answer: ______________ meters
5Sam puts a fence around a garden that is 6 feet long and 10 feet wide, but leaves a 2-foot gap for a gate. How many feet of fence does Sam need?
Answer: ______________ feet
6A rectangle-shaped playground has a perimeter of 30 meters. One side is 9 meters long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ meters
7Priya paints a picture that is 9 centimeters wide and 7 centimeters tall. What is the area of the picture?
Answer: ______________ square centimeters
8Zoe swims along every side of a pool that is 6 meters long and 5 meters wide, back to the start. How far does Zoe swim?
Answer: ______________ meters
9Aiden puts a fence around a garden that is 6 feet long and 4 feet wide, but leaves a 2-foot gap for a gate. How many feet of fence does Aiden need?
Answer: ______________ feet
10Omar paints a picture that is 8 inches wide and 3 inches tall. What is the area of the picture?
Answer: ______________ square inches
11Zoe sews a ribbon all the way around the edge of a rug that is 10 feet long and 9 feet wide. How many feet of ribbon does Zoe need?
Answer: ______________ feet
12Aiden walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 18 yards in all. The yard is 5 yards long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ yards
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 20 square feet
- 2. 22 feet
- 3. 35 feet
- 4. 30 meters
- 5. 30 feet
- 6. 6 meters
- 7. 63 square centimeters
- 8. 22 meters
- 9. 18 feet
- 10. 24 square inches
- 11. 38 feet
- 12. 4 yards
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