πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A rectangle-shaped playground has a perimeter of 20 meters. One side is 6 meters long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ meters
2A rug covers 45 square inches of floor. It is 5 inches wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
3Sam's room is 6 feet long and 10 feet wide. A rug that is 4 feet by 9 feet lies on the floor. How many square feet of floor are not covered?
Answer: ______________ square feet
4Sam puts a fence around a garden that is 4 feet long and 9 feet wide, but leaves a 2-foot gap for a gate. How many feet of fence does Sam need?
Answer: ______________ feet
5Maya has 22 yards of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 9 yards long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ yards
6Priya's room is 10 feet long and 7 feet wide. A rug that is 7 feet by 5 feet lies on the floor. How many square feet of floor are not covered?
Answer: ______________ square feet
7Leo walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 24 yards in all. The yard is 9 yards long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ yards
8Aiden builds a pen for a puppy, 8 yards long and 8 yards wide. How many square yards of room does the puppy have?
Answer: ______________ square yards
9Omar puts a fence around a garden that is 8 feet long and 5 feet wide, but leaves a 2-foot gap for a gate. How many feet of fence does Omar need?
Answer: ______________ feet
10A rug in Zoe's room is 3 feet long and 2 feet wide. How many square feet of floor does it cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
11Omar has 24 meters of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 7 meters long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ meters
12A pool cover has to cover a pool 3 meters long and 2 meters wide. How many square meters is the cover?
Answer: ______________ square meters
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 4 meters
- 2. 9 inches
- 3. 24 square feet
- 4. 24 feet
- 5. 2 yards
- 6. 35 square feet
- 7. 3 yards
- 8. 64 square yards
- 9. 24 feet
- 10. 6 square feet
- 11. 5 meters
- 12. 6 square meters
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