πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A pool cover has to cover a pool 7 meters long and 6 meters wide. How many square meters is the cover?
Answer: ______________ square meters
2Lily 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
3A playing field is 4 meters long and 4 meters wide. How many square meters of grass does it have?
Answer: ______________ square meters
4A pool cover has to cover a pool 6 meters long and 5 meters wide. How many square meters is the cover?
Answer: ______________ square meters
5A pool cover has to cover a pool 2 meters long and 2 meters wide. How many square meters is the cover?
Answer: ______________ square meters
6A park is 5 yards long and 9 yards wide. What is the area of the park?
Answer: ______________ square yards
7A playing field is 5 meters long and 4 meters wide. How many square meters of grass does it have?
Answer: ______________ square meters
8Maya sews a ribbon all the way around the edge of a rug that is 9 feet long and 2 feet wide. How many feet of ribbon does Maya need?
Answer: ______________ feet
9A puppy pen is 3 feet long and 6 feet wide. How many feet of fence go all the way around it?
Answer: ______________ feet
10Aiden's team runs all the way around a field that is 2 yards long and 4 yards wide. How far is one lap?
Answer: ______________ yards
11Omar puts a fence all the way around a garden that is 4 feet long and 9 feet wide. How many feet of fence does Omar need?
Answer: ______________ feet
12A playing field is 7 meters long and 9 meters wide. How many square meters of grass does it have?
Answer: ______________ square meters
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 42 square meters
- 2. 20 centimeters
- 3. 16 square meters
- 4. 30 square meters
- 5. 4 square meters
- 6. 45 square yards
- 7. 20 square meters
- 8. 22 feet
- 9. 18 feet
- 10. 12 yards
- 11. 26 feet
- 12. 63 square meters
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