πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Leo puts a fence around a garden that is 5 feet long and 4 feet wide, but leaves a 2-foot gap for a gate. How many feet of fence does Leo need?
Answer: ______________ feet
2Priya puts a fence all the way around a garden that is 5 feet long and 4 feet wide. How many feet of fence does Priya need?
Answer: ______________ feet
3A park is 3 yards long and 8 yards wide. What is the area of the park?
Answer: ______________ square yards
4Lily puts a fence around a garden that is 8 feet long and 3 feet wide, but leaves a 2-foot gap for a gate. How many feet of fence does Lily need?
Answer: ______________ feet
5Omar puts a fence around a garden that is 4 feet long and 3 feet wide, but leaves a 1-foot gap for a gate. How many feet of fence does Omar need?
Answer: ______________ feet
6A rectangle-shaped poster has an area of 70 square feet. It is 7 feet tall. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
7A pool cover has to cover a pool 8 feet long and 2 feet wide. How many square feet is the cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
8Sam puts a border all the way around a bulletin board that is 4 feet long and 3 feet tall. How many feet of border are needed?
Answer: ______________ feet
9A playing field is 5 meters long and 10 meters wide. How many square meters of grass does it have?
Answer: ______________ square meters
10Leo's classroom is shaped like this plan. What is its area?
Answer: ______________ square feet
11The floor of a room is shaped like this plan. How many square feet of carpet cover it?
Answer: ______________ square feet
12A puppy pen is 9 feet long and 4 feet wide. How many feet of fence go all the way around it?
Answer: ______________ feet
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 16 feet
- 2. 18 feet
- 3. 24 square yards
- 4. 20 feet
- 5. 13 feet
- 6. 10 feet
- 7. 16 square feet
- 8. 14 feet
- 9. 50 square meters
- 10. 22 square feet
- 11. 24 square feet
- 12. 26 feet
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