πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Maya puts a fence around a garden that is 5 feet long and 10 feet wide, but leaves a 1-foot gap for a gate. How many feet of fence does Maya need?
Answer: ______________ feet
2A rectangle-shaped playground has a perimeter of 22 feet. One side is 7 feet long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ feet
3The floor of a room is shaped like this plan. How many square feet of carpet cover it?
Answer: ______________ square feet
4A rug in Leo's room is 7 feet long and 4 feet wide. How many square feet of floor does it cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
5A playing field is 4 yards long and 4 yards wide. How many square yards of grass does it have?
Answer: ______________ square yards
6Priya's garden has an area of 20 square meters. It is 2 meters wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
7Maya puts a fence around a garden that is 5 feet long and 4 feet wide, but leaves a 3-foot gap for a gate. How many feet of fence does Maya need?
Answer: ______________ feet
8Leo has 24 meters of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 9 meters long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ meters
9Maya puts a fence around a garden that is 5 feet long and 6 feet wide, but leaves a 2-foot gap for a gate. How many feet of fence does Maya need?
Answer: ______________ feet
10Aiden puts a fence around a garden that is 4 feet long and 7 feet wide, but leaves a 3-foot gap for a gate. How many feet of fence does Aiden need?
Answer: ______________ feet
11The class bulletin board is 2 feet long and 10 feet tall. How many square feet of paper cover it?
Answer: ______________ square feet
12Leo puts a fence all the way around a garden that is 9 meters long and 5 meters wide. How many meters of fence does Leo need?
Answer: ______________ meters
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 29 feet
- 2. 4 feet
- 3. 33 square feet
- 4. 28 square feet
- 5. 16 square yards
- 6. 10 meters
- 7. 15 feet
- 8. 3 meters
- 9. 20 feet
- 10. 19 feet
- 11. 20 square feet
- 12. 28 meters
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