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 7 feet wide, but leaves a 1-foot gap for a gate. How many feet of fence does Maya need?
Answer: ______________ feet
2Leo's team runs all the way around a field that is 5 meters long and 2 meters wide. How far is one lap?
Answer: ______________ meters
3A puppy pen is 8 yards long and 5 yards wide. How many yards of fence go all the way around it?
Answer: ______________ yards
4Lily builds a pen for a puppy, 8 feet long and 2 feet wide. How many square feet of room does the puppy have?
Answer: ______________ square feet
5Zoe's garden has an area of 40 square inches. It is 5 inches wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
6The class bulletin board is 8 feet long and 7 feet tall. How many square feet of paper cover it?
Answer: ______________ square feet
7Maya walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 22 meters in all. The yard is 8 meters long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
8Aiden's room is 10 feet long and 10 feet wide. A rug that is 7 feet by 8 feet lies on the floor. How many square feet of floor are not covered?
Answer: ______________ square feet
9Lily's room is 10 feet long and 5 feet wide. A rug that is 8 feet by 3 feet lies on the floor. How many square feet of floor are not covered?
Answer: ______________ square feet
10Leo's classroom is shaped like this plan. What is its area?
Answer: ______________ square feet
11Omar has 16 meters of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 5 meters long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ meters
12Lily puts a fence around a garden that is 4 feet long and 5 feet wide, but leaves a 3-foot gap for a gate. How many feet of fence does Lily need?
Answer: ______________ feet
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 29 feet
- 2. 14 meters
- 3. 26 yards
- 4. 16 square feet
- 5. 8 inches
- 6. 56 square feet
- 7. 3 meters
- 8. 44 square feet
- 9. 26 square feet
- 10. 19 square feet
- 11. 3 meters
- 12. 15 feet
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