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 6 feet wide, but leaves a 1-foot gap for a gate. How many feet of fence does Leo need?
Answer: ______________ feet
2Sam paints a picture that is 2 centimeters wide and 9 centimeters tall. What is the area of the picture?
Answer: ______________ square centimeters
3A rectangle-shaped poster has an area of 45 square feet. It is 5 feet tall. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
4Lily puts a fence around a garden that is 4 feet long and 9 feet wide, but leaves a 2-foot gap for a gate. How many feet of fence does Lily need?
Answer: ______________ feet
5Sam's room is 4 feet long and 4 feet wide. A rug that is 2 feet by 3 feet lies on the floor. How many square feet of floor are not covered?
Answer: ______________ square feet
6A rectangle-shaped poster has an area of 8 square inches. It is 2 inches tall. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
7Zoe's room is 8 feet long and 10 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
8Lily glues a frame around a picture that is 5 inches wide and 2 inches tall. How long is the frame all the way around?
Answer: ______________ inches
9Omar paints a picture that is 7 centimeters wide and 2 centimeters tall. What is the area of the picture?
Answer: ______________ square centimeters
10Maya has 32 feet of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 10 feet long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ feet
11Aiden glues a frame around a picture that is 5 inches wide and 5 inches tall. How long is the frame all the way around?
Answer: ______________ inches
12The class bulletin board is 7 feet long and 9 feet tall. How many square feet of paper cover it?
Answer: ______________ square feet
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 21 feet
- 2. 18 square centimeters
- 3. 9 feet
- 4. 24 feet
- 5. 10 square feet
- 6. 4 inches
- 7. 65 square feet
- 8. 14 inches
- 9. 14 square centimeters
- 10. 6 feet
- 11. 20 inches
- 12. 63 square feet
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