πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A garden is shaped like this plan. What is its area?
Answer: ______________ square meters
2Priya's room is 4 feet long and 8 feet wide. A rug that is 3 feet by 5 feet lies on the floor. How many square feet of floor are not covered?
Answer: ______________ square feet
3A park is 3 meters long and 6 meters wide. What is the area of the park?
Answer: ______________ square meters
4Aiden puts a fence around a garden that is 7 feet long and 7 feet wide, but leaves a 1-foot gap for a gate. How many feet of fence does Aiden need?
Answer: ______________ feet
5Lily sews a ribbon all the way around the edge of a rug that is 10 feet long and 9 feet wide. How many feet of ribbon does Lily need?
Answer: ______________ feet
6A rug covers 42 square meters of floor. It is 6 meters wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
7Omar's garden has an area of 21 square inches. It is 3 inches wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
8Sam's room is 4 feet long and 4 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
9A park is 5 yards long and 8 yards wide. What is the area of the park?
Answer: ______________ square yards
10Zoe walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 30 meters in all. The yard is 9 meters long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
11Omar puts a fence around a garden that is 4 feet long and 7 feet wide, but leaves a 2-foot gap for a gate. How many feet of fence does Omar need?
Answer: ______________ feet
12Zoe puts a fence around a garden that is 5 feet long and 5 feet wide, but leaves a 1-foot gap for a gate. How many feet of fence does Zoe need?
Answer: ______________ feet
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 22 square meters
- 2. 17 square feet
- 3. 18 square meters
- 4. 27 feet
- 5. 38 feet
- 6. 7 meters
- 7. 7 inches
- 8. 10 square feet
- 9. 40 square yards
- 10. 6 meters
- 11. 20 feet
- 12. 19 feet
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