πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Priya puts a fence around a garden that is 8 feet long and 8 feet wide, but leaves a 3-foot gap for a gate. How many feet of fence does Priya need?
Answer: ______________ feet
2A playing field is 6 yards long and 8 yards wide. How many square yards of grass does it have?
Answer: ______________ square yards
3Maya puts a fence around a garden that is 8 feet long and 9 feet wide, but leaves a 2-foot gap for a gate. How many feet of fence does Maya need?
Answer: ______________ feet
4Omar puts a fence around a garden that is 7 feet long and 3 feet wide, but leaves a 2-foot gap for a gate. How many feet of fence does Omar need?
Answer: ______________ feet
5Sam swims along every side of a pool that is 3 meters long and 4 meters wide, back to the start. How far does Sam swim?
Answer: ______________ meters
6A rug covers 14 square feet of floor. It is 2 feet wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
7Sam's team runs all the way around a field that is 4 yards long and 5 yards wide. How far is one lap?
Answer: ______________ yards
8A rectangle-shaped poster has an area of 28 square meters. It is 4 meters tall. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
9Lily puts a fence around a garden that is 4 feet long and 4 feet wide, but leaves a 2-foot gap for a gate. How many feet of fence does Lily need?
Answer: ______________ feet
10Priya's garden is 4 meters long and 2 meters wide. How many square meters of garden can Priya plant?
Answer: ______________ square meters
11Lily has 28 feet of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 7 feet long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ feet
12Aiden has 28 yards of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 8 yards long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ yards
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 29 feet
- 2. 48 square yards
- 3. 32 feet
- 4. 18 feet
- 5. 14 meters
- 6. 7 feet
- 7. 18 yards
- 8. 7 meters
- 9. 14 feet
- 10. 8 square meters
- 11. 7 feet
- 12. 6 yards
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