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 8 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
2Priya puts a fence all the way around a garden that is 6 meters long and 3 meters wide. How many meters of fence does Priya need?
Answer: ______________ meters
3A rug covers 18 square inches of floor. It is 2 inches wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
4Sam's room is 8 feet long and 4 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
5A rectangle-shaped poster has an area of 80 square inches. It is 8 inches tall. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
6Maya's room is 7 feet long and 10 feet wide. A rug that is 6 feet by 7 feet lies on the floor. How many square feet of floor are not covered?
Answer: ______________ square feet
7Omar sews a ribbon all the way around the edge of a rug that is 8 feet long and 3 feet wide. How many feet of ribbon does Omar need?
Answer: ______________ feet
8Lily's room is 6 feet long and 7 feet wide. A rug that is 5 feet by 5 feet lies on the floor. How many square feet of floor are not covered?
Answer: ______________ square feet
9Sam puts a border all the way around a bulletin board that is 9 feet long and 2 feet tall. How many feet of border are needed?
Answer: ______________ feet
10Priya's classroom is shaped like this plan. What is its area?
Answer: ______________ square feet
11Priya glues a frame around a picture that is 5 centimeters wide and 8 centimeters tall. How long is the frame all the way around?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
12A playing field is 4 meters long and 9 meters wide. How many square meters of grass does it have?
Answer: ______________ square meters
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 26 feet
- 2. 18 meters
- 3. 9 inches
- 4. 20 square feet
- 5. 10 inches
- 6. 28 square feet
- 7. 22 feet
- 8. 17 square feet
- 9. 22 feet
- 10. 52 square feet
- 11. 26 centimeters
- 12. 36 square meters
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