πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A playing field is 4 meters long and 7 meters wide. How many square meters of grass does it have?
Answer: ______________ square meters
2Priya's team runs all the way around a field that is 3 yards long and 8 yards wide. How far is one lap?
Answer: ______________ yards
3Omar puts a fence all the way around a garden that is 2 feet long and 3 feet wide. How many feet of fence does Omar need?
Answer: ______________ feet
4A puppy pen is 9 feet long and 6 feet wide. How many feet of fence go all the way around it?
Answer: ______________ feet
5Maya's team runs all the way around a field that is 6 meters long and 8 meters wide. How far is one lap?
Answer: ______________ meters
6A park is 9 yards long and 3 yards wide. What is the area of the park?
Answer: ______________ square yards
7Aiden swims along every side of a pool that is 5 meters long and 2 meters wide, back to the start. How far does Aiden swim?
Answer: ______________ meters
8Omar puts a fence all the way around a garden that is 5 meters long and 9 meters wide. How many meters of fence does Omar need?
Answer: ______________ meters
9The class bulletin board is 7 feet long and 2 feet tall. How many square feet of paper cover it?
Answer: ______________ square feet
10Leo glues a frame around a picture that is 3 inches wide and 9 inches tall. How long is the frame all the way around?
Answer: ______________ inches
11Aiden's team runs all the way around a field that is 3 yards long and 6 yards wide. How far is one lap?
Answer: ______________ yards
12Lily builds a pen for a puppy, 4 yards long and 7 yards wide. How many square yards of room does the puppy have?
Answer: ______________ square yards
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 28 square meters
- 2. 22 yards
- 3. 10 feet
- 4. 30 feet
- 5. 28 meters
- 6. 27 square yards
- 7. 14 meters
- 8. 28 meters
- 9. 14 square feet
- 10. 24 inches
- 11. 18 yards
- 12. 28 square yards
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