πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Aiden builds a pen for a puppy, 2 yards long and 7 yards wide. How many square yards of room does the puppy have?
Answer: ______________ square yards
2A puppy pen is 9 yards long and 9 yards wide. How many yards of fence go all the way around it?
Answer: ______________ yards
3A pool cover has to cover a pool 8 meters long and 2 meters wide. How many square meters is the cover?
Answer: ______________ square meters
4A playing field is 5 yards long and 5 yards wide. How many square yards of grass does it have?
Answer: ______________ square yards
5Maya walks all the way around a park that is 6 meters long and 4 meters wide. How far does Maya walk?
Answer: ______________ meters
6Sam glues a frame around a picture that is 7 inches wide and 9 inches tall. How long is the frame all the way around?
Answer: ______________ inches
7A pool cover has to cover a pool 3 meters long and 5 meters wide. How many square meters is the cover?
Answer: ______________ square meters
8Maya glues a frame around a picture that is 8 centimeters wide and 2 centimeters tall. How long is the frame all the way around?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
9Omar swims along every side of a pool that is 2 meters long and 3 meters wide, back to the start. How far does Omar swim?
Answer: ______________ meters
10Maya swims along every side of a pool that is 2 feet long and 7 feet wide, back to the start. How far does Maya swim?
Answer: ______________ feet
11A rug in Omar's room is 9 feet long and 3 feet wide. How many square feet of floor does it cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
12A puppy pen is 4 feet long and 2 feet wide. How many feet of fence go all the way around it?
Answer: ______________ feet
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 14 square yards
- 2. 36 yards
- 3. 16 square meters
- 4. 25 square yards
- 5. 20 meters
- 6. 32 inches
- 7. 15 square meters
- 8. 20 centimeters
- 9. 10 meters
- 10. 18 feet
- 11. 27 square feet
- 12. 12 feet
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