πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A playing field is 7 yards long and 7 yards wide. How many square yards of grass does it have?
Answer: ______________ square yards
2A pool cover has to cover a pool 4 meters long and 6 meters wide. How many square meters is the cover?
Answer: ______________ square meters
3A playing field is 4 meters long and 2 meters wide. How many square meters of grass does it have?
Answer: ______________ square meters
4A pool cover has to cover a pool 7 feet long and 4 feet wide. How many square feet is the cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
5Sam glues a frame around a picture that is 9 centimeters wide and 2 centimeters tall. How long is the frame all the way around?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
6The class bulletin board is 5 feet long and 7 feet tall. How many square feet of paper cover it?
Answer: ______________ square feet
7The class bulletin board is 9 feet long and 6 feet tall. How many square feet of paper cover it?
Answer: ______________ square feet
8Omar puts a fence all the way around a garden that is 9 meters long and 9 meters wide. How many meters of fence does Omar need?
Answer: ______________ meters
9Maya swims along every side of a pool that is 4 meters long and 3 meters wide, back to the start. How far does Maya swim?
Answer: ______________ meters
10Zoe builds a pen for a puppy, 3 feet long and 7 feet wide. How many square feet of room does the puppy have?
Answer: ______________ square feet
11A pool cover has to cover a pool 7 meters long and 3 meters wide. How many square meters is the cover?
Answer: ______________ square meters
12A puppy pen is 9 feet long and 8 feet wide. How many feet of fence go all the way around it?
Answer: ______________ feet
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 49 square yards
- 2. 24 square meters
- 3. 8 square meters
- 4. 28 square feet
- 5. 22 centimeters
- 6. 35 square feet
- 7. 54 square feet
- 8. 36 meters
- 9. 14 meters
- 10. 21 square feet
- 11. 21 square meters
- 12. 34 feet
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