πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Priya builds a pen for a puppy, 2 yards long and 7 yards wide. How many square yards of room does the puppy have?
Answer: ______________ square yards
2A playing field is 7 yards long and 8 yards wide. How many square yards of grass does it have?
Answer: ______________ square yards
3Omar walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 16 yards in all. The yard is 5 yards long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ yards
4Sam walks all the way around a park that is 5 yards long and 5 yards wide. How far does Sam walk?
Answer: ______________ yards
5Maya puts a fence around a garden that is 7 feet long and 9 feet wide, but leaves a 1-foot gap for a gate. How many feet of fence does Maya need?
Answer: ______________ feet
6Priya puts a fence around a garden that is 10 feet long and 5 feet wide, but leaves a 3-foot gap for a gate. How many feet of fence does Priya need?
Answer: ______________ feet
7Priya glues a frame around a picture that is 7 centimeters wide and 4 centimeters tall. How long is the frame all the way around?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
8A puppy pen is 7 feet long and 9 feet wide. How many feet of fence go all the way around it?
Answer: ______________ feet
9Leo puts a fence around a garden that is 5 feet long and 8 feet wide, but leaves a 2-foot gap for a gate. How many feet of fence does Leo need?
Answer: ______________ feet
10Leo puts a fence around a garden that is 4 feet long and 3 feet wide, but leaves a 3-foot gap for a gate. How many feet of fence does Leo need?
Answer: ______________ feet
11Aiden has 14 meters of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 4 meters long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ meters
12A puppy pen is 9 feet long and 2 feet wide. How many feet of fence go all the way around it?
Answer: ______________ feet
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 14 square yards
- 2. 56 square yards
- 3. 3 yards
- 4. 20 yards
- 5. 31 feet
- 6. 27 feet
- 7. 22 centimeters
- 8. 32 feet
- 9. 24 feet
- 10. 11 feet
- 11. 3 meters
- 12. 22 feet
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