πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Aiden puts a border all the way around a bulletin board that is 8 feet long and 5 feet tall. How many feet of border are needed?
Answer: ______________ feet
2Maya puts a fence around a garden that is 9 feet long and 10 feet wide, but leaves a 1-foot gap for a gate. How many feet of fence does Maya need?
Answer: ______________ feet
3A garden is shaped like this plan. What is its area?
Answer: ______________ square meters
4Lily walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 20 meters in all. The yard is 7 meters long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
5A rectangle-shaped poster has an area of 18 square meters. It is 3 meters tall. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
6Maya puts a fence all the way around a garden that is 3 feet long and 3 feet wide. How many feet of fence does Maya need?
Answer: ______________ feet
7A rug covers 49 square inches of floor. It is 7 inches wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
8A puppy pen is 4 yards long and 10 yards wide. How many yards of fence go all the way around it?
Answer: ______________ yards
9The class bulletin board is 2 feet long and 5 feet tall. How many square feet of paper cover it?
Answer: ______________ square feet
10Lily's room is 4 feet long and 4 feet wide. A rug that is 2 feet by 2 feet lies on the floor. How many square feet of floor are not covered?
Answer: ______________ square feet
11Aiden sews a ribbon all the way around the edge of a rug that is 4 feet long and 9 feet wide. How many feet of ribbon does Aiden need?
Answer: ______________ feet
12Lily's room is 8 feet long and 10 feet wide. A rug that is 6 feet by 2 feet lies on the floor. How many square feet of floor are not covered?
Answer: ______________ square feet
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 26 feet
- 2. 37 feet
- 3. 16 square meters
- 4. 3 meters
- 5. 6 meters
- 6. 12 feet
- 7. 7 inches
- 8. 28 yards
- 9. 10 square feet
- 10. 12 square feet
- 11. 26 feet
- 12. 68 square feet
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