πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Lily 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 Lily need?
Answer: ______________ feet
2A rug in Lily's room is 9 feet long and 5 feet wide. How many square feet of floor does it cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
3Lily puts a fence around a garden that is 7 feet long and 9 feet wide, but leaves a 3-foot gap for a gate. How many feet of fence does Lily need?
Answer: ______________ feet
4Sam walks all the way around a park that is 4 meters long and 8 meters wide. How far does Sam walk?
Answer: ______________ meters
5Zoe puts a fence all the way around a garden that is 3 feet long and 4 feet wide. How many feet of fence does Zoe need?
Answer: ______________ feet
6Sam's classroom is shaped like this plan. What is its area?
Answer: ______________ square meters
7Leo puts a fence around a garden that is 6 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
8Maya sews a ribbon all the way around the edge of a rug that is 7 feet long and 4 feet wide. How many feet of ribbon does Maya need?
Answer: ______________ feet
9Priya puts a fence around a garden that is 8 feet long and 10 feet wide, but leaves a 3-foot gap for a gate. How many feet of fence does Priya need?
Answer: ______________ feet
10Lily builds a pen for a puppy, 7 yards long and 3 yards wide. How many square yards of room does the puppy have?
Answer: ______________ square yards
11A rectangle-shaped poster has an area of 15 square meters. It is 3 meters tall. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
12Lily walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 28 yards in all. The yard is 8 yards long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ yards
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 20 feet
- 2. 45 square feet
- 3. 29 feet
- 4. 24 meters
- 5. 14 feet
- 6. 20 square meters
- 7. 23 feet
- 8. 22 feet
- 9. 33 feet
- 10. 21 square yards
- 11. 5 meters
- 12. 6 yards
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