πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Leo's garden is 4 feet long and 6 feet wide. How many square feet of garden can Leo plant?
Answer: ______________ square feet
2A rectangle-shaped poster has an area of 70 square meters. It is 7 meters tall. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
3Leo's team runs all the way around a field that is 9 meters long and 9 meters wide. How far is one lap?
Answer: ______________ meters
4Leo's room is 7 feet long and 10 feet wide. A rug that is 2 feet by 6 feet lies on the floor. How many square feet of floor are not covered?
Answer: ______________ square feet
5Sam swims along every side of a pool that is 9 feet long and 3 feet wide, back to the start. How far does Sam swim?
Answer: ______________ feet
6Zoe's room is 7 feet long and 6 feet wide. A rug that is 6 feet by 4 feet lies on the floor. How many square feet of floor are not covered?
Answer: ______________ square feet
7Lily has 32 feet of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 8 feet long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ feet
8A pool cover has to cover a pool 3 meters long and 5 meters wide. How many square meters is the cover?
Answer: ______________ square meters
9A puppy pen is 9 feet long and 7 feet wide. How many feet of fence go all the way around it?
Answer: ______________ feet
10Aiden puts a fence all the way around a garden shaped like this plan. How many meters of fence does Aiden need?
Answer: ______________ meters
11Aiden builds a pen for a puppy, 6 yards long and 5 yards wide. How many square yards of room does the puppy have?
Answer: ______________ square yards
12A rectangle-shaped poster has an area of 100 square feet. It is 10 feet tall. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 24 square feet
- 2. 10 meters
- 3. 36 meters
- 4. 58 square feet
- 5. 24 feet
- 6. 18 square feet
- 7. 8 feet
- 8. 15 square meters
- 9. 32 feet
- 10. 26 meters
- 11. 30 square yards
- 12. 10 feet
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