πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A rug in Leo's room is 8 feet long and 3 feet wide. How many square feet of floor does it cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
2Aiden puts a fence around a garden that is 8 feet long and 9 feet wide, but leaves a 1-foot gap for a gate. How many feet of fence does Aiden need?
Answer: ______________ feet
3A park is 3 meters long and 5 meters wide. What is the area of the park?
Answer: ______________ square meters
4Leo puts a fence around a garden that is 9 feet long and 4 feet wide, but leaves a 1-foot gap for a gate. How many feet of fence does Leo need?
Answer: ______________ feet
5A garden is shaped like this plan. What is its area?
Answer: ______________ square meters
6Aiden puts a fence around a garden that is 10 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
7Leo walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 32 yards in all. The yard is 9 yards long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ yards
8Lily walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 34 yards in all. The yard is 10 yards long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ yards
9A rectangle-shaped poster has an area of 48 square meters. It is 6 meters tall. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
10A playing field is 10 meters long and 4 meters wide. How many square meters of grass does it have?
Answer: ______________ square meters
11A rectangle-shaped playground has a perimeter of 32 yards. One side is 9 yards long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ yards
12Omar's room is 4 feet long and 5 feet wide. A rug that is 3 feet by 4 feet lies on the floor. How many square feet of floor are not covered?
Answer: ______________ square feet
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 24 square feet
- 2. 33 feet
- 3. 15 square meters
- 4. 25 feet
- 5. 20 square meters
- 6. 29 feet
- 7. 7 yards
- 8. 7 yards
- 9. 8 meters
- 10. 40 square meters
- 11. 7 yards
- 12. 8 square feet
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