πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A playing field is 3 yards long and 5 yards wide. How many square yards of grass does it have?
Answer: ______________ square yards
2A park is 2 meters long and 5 meters wide. What is the area of the park?
Answer: ______________ square meters
3Maya glues a frame around a picture that is 4 centimeters wide and 3 centimeters tall. How long is the frame all the way around?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
4Lily swims along every side of a pool that is 4 feet long and 3 feet wide, back to the start. How far does Lily swim?
Answer: ______________ feet
5A playing field is 4 meters long and 5 meters wide. How many square meters of grass does it have?
Answer: ______________ square meters
6Maya paints a picture that is 2 centimeters wide and 5 centimeters tall. What is the area of the picture?
Answer: ______________ square centimeters
7Priya's garden is 3 feet long and 3 feet wide. How many square feet of garden can Priya plant?
Answer: ______________ square feet
8Sam puts a border all the way around a bulletin board that is 5 feet long and 4 feet tall. How many feet of border are needed?
Answer: ______________ feet
9A rug in Zoe's room is 2 feet long and 5 feet wide. How many square feet of floor does it cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
10A pool cover has to cover a pool 4 meters long and 4 meters wide. How many square meters is the cover?
Answer: ______________ square meters
11The class bulletin board is 5 feet long and 3 feet tall. How many square feet of paper cover it?
Answer: ______________ square feet
12Maya sews a ribbon all the way around the edge of a rug that is 2 feet long and 2 feet wide. How many feet of ribbon does Maya need?
Answer: ______________ feet
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 15 square yards
- 2. 10 square meters
- 3. 14 centimeters
- 4. 14 feet
- 5. 20 square meters
- 6. 10 square centimeters
- 7. 9 square feet
- 8. 18 feet
- 9. 10 square feet
- 10. 16 square meters
- 11. 15 square feet
- 12. 8 feet
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