πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A rug covers 6 square meters of floor. It is 2 meters wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
2Zoe's garden is 3 meters long and 4 meters wide. How many square meters of garden can Zoe plant?
Answer: ______________ square meters
3Maya's room is 8 feet long and 5 feet wide. A rug that is 6 feet by 2 feet lies on the floor. How many square feet of floor are not covered?
Answer: ______________ square feet
4Omar puts a fence around a garden that is 5 feet long and 3 feet wide, but leaves a 1-foot gap for a gate. How many feet of fence does Omar need?
Answer: ______________ feet
5A rectangle-shaped playground has a perimeter of 20 feet. One side is 5 feet long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ feet
6Lily swims along every side of a pool that is 5 meters long and 7 meters wide, back to the start. How far does Lily swim?
Answer: ______________ meters
7Maya has 28 feet of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 10 feet long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ feet
8Aiden puts a fence around a garden that is 5 feet long and 6 feet wide, but leaves a 3-foot gap for a gate. How many feet of fence does Aiden need?
Answer: ______________ feet
9Aiden 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
10A garden is shaped like this plan. What is its area?
Answer: ______________ square feet
11Priya swims along every side of a pool that is 6 feet long and 10 feet wide, back to the start. How far does Priya swim?
Answer: ______________ feet
12A playing field is 4 yards long and 2 yards wide. How many square yards of grass does it have?
Answer: ______________ square yards
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 3 meters
- 2. 12 square meters
- 3. 28 square feet
- 4. 15 feet
- 5. 5 feet
- 6. 24 meters
- 7. 4 feet
- 8. 19 feet
- 9. 19 feet
- 10. 33 square feet
- 11. 32 feet
- 12. 8 square yards
Practice this lesson online with games that adjust to your child: agarwalmath.com/math/3rd-grade/word-area-perimeter