πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A playing field is 5 meters long and 5 meters wide. How many square meters of grass does it have?
Answer: ______________ square meters
2A park is 4 meters long and 3 meters wide. What is the area of the park?
Answer: ______________ square meters
3Zoe walks all the way around a park that is 3 yards long and 3 yards wide. How far does Zoe walk?
Answer: ______________ yards
4The class bulletin board is 4 feet long and 4 feet tall. How many square feet of paper cover it?
Answer: ______________ square feet
5Maya glues a frame around a picture that is 2 inches wide and 2 inches tall. How long is the frame all the way around?
Answer: ______________ inches
6A puppy pen is 4 yards long and 2 yards wide. How many yards of fence go all the way around it?
Answer: ______________ yards
7A playing field is 4 yards long and 2 yards wide. How many square yards of grass does it have?
Answer: ______________ square yards
8Maya's garden is 3 feet long and 2 feet wide. How many square feet of garden can Maya plant?
Answer: ______________ square feet
9Zoe sews a ribbon all the way around the edge of a rug that is 3 feet long and 4 feet wide. How many feet of ribbon does Zoe need?
Answer: ______________ feet
10Maya swims along every side of a pool that is 2 feet long and 2 feet wide, back to the start. How far does Maya swim?
Answer: ______________ feet
11A pool cover has to cover a pool 5 meters long and 2 meters wide. How many square meters is the cover?
Answer: ______________ square meters
12Maya sews a ribbon all the way around the edge of a rug that is 3 feet long and 4 feet wide. How many feet of ribbon does Maya need?
Answer: ______________ feet
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 25 square meters
- 2. 12 square meters
- 3. 12 yards
- 4. 16 square feet
- 5. 8 inches
- 6. 12 yards
- 7. 8 square yards
- 8. 6 square feet
- 9. 14 feet
- 10. 8 feet
- 11. 10 square meters
- 12. 14 feet
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