πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Priya glues a frame around a picture that is 3 centimeters wide and 10 centimeters tall. How long is the frame all the way around?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
2A puppy pen is 8 yards long and 5 yards wide. How many yards of fence go all the way around it?
Answer: ______________ yards
3Priya's garden has an area of 49 square feet. It is 7 feet wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
4Omar walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 14 yards in all. The yard is 5 yards long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ yards
5Maya puts a fence all the way around a garden that is 4 feet long and 2 feet wide. How many feet of fence does Maya need?
Answer: ______________ feet
6Zoe sews a ribbon all the way around the edge of a rug that is 10 feet long and 2 feet wide. How many feet of ribbon does Zoe need?
Answer: ______________ feet
7A pool cover has to cover a pool 7 feet long and 10 feet wide. How many square feet is the cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
8The floor of a room is shaped like this plan. How many square meters of carpet cover it?
Answer: ______________ square meters
9Priya puts a fence around a garden that is 8 feet long and 3 feet wide, but leaves a 2-foot gap for a gate. How many feet of fence does Priya need?
Answer: ______________ feet
10Priya puts a fence around a garden that is 4 feet long and 3 feet wide, but leaves a 1-foot gap for a gate. How many feet of fence does Priya need?
Answer: ______________ feet
11A rug covers 24 square feet of floor. It is 4 feet wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
12Aiden paints a picture that is 2 inches wide and 9 inches tall. What is the area of the picture?
Answer: ______________ square inches
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 26 centimeters
- 2. 26 yards
- 3. 7 feet
- 4. 2 yards
- 5. 12 feet
- 6. 24 feet
- 7. 70 square feet
- 8. 38 square meters
- 9. 20 feet
- 10. 13 feet
- 11. 6 feet
- 12. 18 square inches
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