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 7 feet long and 2 feet tall. How many feet of border are needed?
Answer: ______________ feet
2Leo has 24 meters of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 7 meters long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ meters
3A rectangle-shaped poster has an area of 40 square inches. It is 4 inches tall. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
4Omar 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 Omar need?
Answer: ______________ feet
5Omar sews a ribbon all the way around the edge of a rug that is 9 feet long and 6 feet wide. How many feet of ribbon does Omar need?
Answer: ______________ feet
6Maya's garden has an area of 60 square feet. It is 6 feet wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
7Zoe's garden has an area of 25 square inches. It is 5 inches wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
8Aiden 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 Aiden need?
Answer: ______________ feet
9Maya walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 20 feet in all. The yard is 6 feet long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
10A rug covers 20 square meters of floor. It is 4 meters wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
11Lily's room is 10 feet long and 5 feet wide. A rug that is 3 feet by 2 feet lies on the floor. How many square feet of floor are not covered?
Answer: ______________ square feet
12Omar's room is 10 feet long and 10 feet wide. A rug that is 8 feet by 9 feet lies on the floor. How many square feet of floor are not covered?
Answer: ______________ square feet
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 18 feet
- 2. 5 meters
- 3. 10 inches
- 4. 23 feet
- 5. 30 feet
- 6. 10 feet
- 7. 5 inches
- 8. 21 feet
- 9. 4 feet
- 10. 5 meters
- 11. 44 square feet
- 12. 28 square feet
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