πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Lily has 14 yards of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 5 yards long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ yards
2Lily puts a fence around a garden that is 10 feet long and 3 feet wide, but leaves a 3-foot gap for a gate. How many feet of fence does Lily need?
Answer: ______________ feet
3Aiden walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 24 yards in all. The yard is 10 yards long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ yards
4A path goes all the way around the edge of this playground. How long is the path?
Answer: ______________ meters
5Maya walks all the way around a park that is 6 meters long and 2 meters wide. How far does Maya walk?
Answer: ______________ meters
6Sam 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 Sam need?
Answer: ______________ feet
7Lily puts a fence around a garden that is 5 feet long and 3 feet wide, but leaves a 3-foot gap for a gate. How many feet of fence does Lily need?
Answer: ______________ feet
8Leo puts a fence around a garden that is 10 feet long and 10 feet wide, but leaves a 3-foot gap for a gate. How many feet of fence does Leo need?
Answer: ______________ feet
9The floor of a room is shaped like this plan. How many square feet of carpet cover it?
Answer: ______________ square feet
10Priya's room is 8 feet long and 7 feet wide. A rug that is 2 feet by 5 feet lies on the floor. How many square feet of floor are not covered?
Answer: ______________ square feet
11Lily swims along every side of a pool that is 6 feet long and 3 feet wide, back to the start. How far does Lily swim?
Answer: ______________ feet
12Leo puts a fence all the way around a garden shaped like this plan. How many meters of fence does Leo need?
Answer: ______________ meters
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 2 yards
- 2. 23 feet
- 3. 2 yards
- 4. 30 meters
- 5. 16 meters
- 6. 16 feet
- 7. 13 feet
- 8. 37 feet
- 9. 25 square feet
- 10. 46 square feet
- 11. 18 feet
- 12. 28 meters
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