πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Omar's team runs all the way around a field that is 3 yards long and 7 yards wide. How far is one lap?
Answer: ______________ yards
2A playing field is 7 yards long and 3 yards wide. How many square yards of grass does it have?
Answer: ______________ square yards
3A puppy pen is 6 yards long and 4 yards wide. How many yards of fence go all the way around it?
Answer: ______________ yards
4Sam builds a pen for a puppy, 2 yards long and 6 yards wide. How many square yards of room does the puppy have?
Answer: ______________ square yards
5Aiden glues a frame around a picture that is 9 centimeters wide and 4 centimeters tall. How long is the frame all the way around?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
6Sam glues a frame around a picture that is 9 inches wide and 9 inches tall. How long is the frame all the way around?
Answer: ______________ inches
7Lily walks all the way around a park that is 4 yards long and 3 yards wide. How far does Lily walk?
Answer: ______________ yards
8A rug in Sam's room is 6 feet long and 8 feet wide. How many square feet of floor does it cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
9A rug in Sam's room is 9 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 9 meters long and 4 meters wide. How many square meters is the cover?
Answer: ______________ square meters
11Aiden glues a frame around a picture that is 7 centimeters wide and 6 centimeters tall. How long is the frame all the way around?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
12A rug in Sam's room is 9 feet long and 4 feet wide. How many square feet of floor does it cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 20 yards
- 2. 21 square yards
- 3. 20 yards
- 4. 12 square yards
- 5. 26 centimeters
- 6. 36 inches
- 7. 14 yards
- 8. 48 square feet
- 9. 45 square feet
- 10. 36 square meters
- 11. 26 centimeters
- 12. 36 square feet
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