πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1The class bulletin board is 10 feet long and 10 feet tall. How many square feet of paper cover it?
Answer: ______________ square feet
2A rectangle-shaped playground has a perimeter of 32 yards. One side is 10 yards long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ yards
3Lily walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 40 feet in all. The yard is 10 feet long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
4Zoe walks all the way around a park that is 2 yards long and 10 yards wide. How far does Zoe walk?
Answer: ______________ yards
5Lily puts a fence all the way around a garden that is 8 feet long and 8 feet wide. How many feet of fence does Lily need?
Answer: ______________ feet
6Omar puts a fence around a garden that is 9 feet long and 3 feet wide, but leaves a 3-foot gap for a gate. How many feet of fence does Omar need?
Answer: ______________ feet
7A garden is shaped like this plan. What is its area?
Answer: ______________ square meters
8Omar swims along every side of a pool that is 6 meters long and 3 meters wide, back to the start. How far does Omar swim?
Answer: ______________ meters
9Omar's team runs all the way around a field that is 9 meters long and 2 meters wide. How far is one lap?
Answer: ______________ meters
10Maya puts a fence all the way around a garden shaped like this plan. How many meters of fence does Maya need?
Answer: ______________ meters
11Omar puts a fence around a garden that is 4 feet long and 3 feet wide, but leaves a 2-foot gap for a gate. How many feet of fence does Omar need?
Answer: ______________ feet
12Sam has 28 meters of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 10 meters long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ meters
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 100 square feet
- 2. 6 yards
- 3. 10 feet
- 4. 24 yards
- 5. 32 feet
- 6. 21 feet
- 7. 34 square meters
- 8. 18 meters
- 9. 22 meters
- 10. 30 meters
- 11. 12 feet
- 12. 4 meters
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