πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A rug in Omar's room is 8 feet long and 7 feet wide. How many square feet of floor does it cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
2Priya puts a fence around a garden that is 10 feet long and 3 feet wide, but leaves a 3-foot gap for a gate. How many feet of fence does Priya need?
Answer: ______________ feet
3Priya sews a ribbon all the way around the edge of a rug that is 9 feet long and 4 feet wide. How many feet of ribbon does Priya need?
Answer: ______________ feet
4A rug covers 60 square meters of floor. It is 6 meters wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
5Sam 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
6Zoe puts a fence all the way around a garden that is 6 meters long and 7 meters wide. How many meters of fence does Zoe need?
Answer: ______________ meters
7A rectangle-shaped playground has a perimeter of 16 yards. One side is 6 yards long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ yards
8Maya puts a fence around a garden that is 9 feet long and 8 feet wide, but leaves a 2-foot gap for a gate. How many feet of fence does Maya need?
Answer: ______________ feet
9Omar walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 12 meters in all. The yard is 3 meters long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
10A puppy pen is 7 feet long and 7 feet wide. How many feet of fence go all the way around it?
Answer: ______________ feet
11A rectangle-shaped playground has a perimeter of 20 feet. One side is 6 feet long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ feet
12Zoe puts a fence around a garden that is 9 feet long and 8 feet wide, but leaves a 2-foot gap for a gate. How many feet of fence does Zoe need?
Answer: ______________ feet
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 56 square feet
- 2. 23 feet
- 3. 26 feet
- 4. 10 meters
- 5. 3 meters
- 6. 26 meters
- 7. 2 yards
- 8. 32 feet
- 9. 3 meters
- 10. 28 feet
- 11. 4 feet
- 12. 32 feet
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