πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1The class bulletin board is 8 feet long and 4 feet tall. How many square feet of paper cover it?
Answer: ______________ square feet
2A pool cover has to cover a pool 3 meters long and 7 meters wide. How many square meters is the cover?
Answer: ______________ square meters
3A park is 5 yards long and 4 yards wide. What is the area of the park?
Answer: ______________ square yards
4A park is 9 meters long and 6 meters wide. What is the area of the park?
Answer: ______________ square meters
5Omar's team runs all the way around a field that is 8 meters long and 5 meters wide. How far is one lap?
Answer: ______________ meters
6A park is 4 yards long and 6 yards wide. What is the area of the park?
Answer: ______________ square yards
7Aiden glues a frame around a picture that is 5 inches wide and 6 inches tall. How long is the frame all the way around?
Answer: ______________ inches
8A playing field is 2 yards long and 3 yards wide. How many square yards of grass does it have?
Answer: ______________ square yards
9A puppy pen is 4 feet long and 3 feet wide. How many feet of fence go all the way around it?
Answer: ______________ feet
10Zoe sews a ribbon all the way around the edge of a rug that is 4 feet long and 8 feet wide. How many feet of ribbon does Zoe need?
Answer: ______________ feet
11A park is 3 yards long and 7 yards wide. What is the area of the park?
Answer: ______________ square yards
12Leo sews a ribbon all the way around the edge of a rug that is 7 feet long and 5 feet wide. How many feet of ribbon does Leo need?
Answer: ______________ feet
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 32 square feet
- 2. 21 square meters
- 3. 20 square yards
- 4. 54 square meters
- 5. 26 meters
- 6. 24 square yards
- 7. 22 inches
- 8. 6 square yards
- 9. 14 feet
- 10. 24 feet
- 11. 21 square yards
- 12. 24 feet
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