πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A park is 9 meters long and 3 meters wide. What is the area of the park?
Answer: ______________ square meters
2Sam paints a picture that is 5 inches wide and 3 inches tall. What is the area of the picture?
Answer: ______________ square inches
3Omar swims along every side of a pool that is 6 meters long and 2 meters wide, back to the start. How far does Omar swim?
Answer: ______________ meters
4Maya's garden is 2 feet long and 5 feet wide. How many square feet of garden can Maya plant?
Answer: ______________ square feet
5A pool cover has to cover a pool 8 feet long and 3 feet wide. How many square feet is the cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
6A park is 2 yards long and 3 yards wide. What is the area of the park?
Answer: ______________ square yards
7A park is 9 yards long and 7 yards wide. What is the area of the park?
Answer: ______________ square yards
8Priya builds a pen for a puppy, 5 yards long and 4 yards wide. How many square yards of room does the puppy have?
Answer: ______________ square yards
9Priya's team runs all the way around a field that is 4 meters long and 8 meters wide. How far is one lap?
Answer: ______________ meters
10Zoe puts a fence all the way around a garden that is 7 feet long and 9 feet wide. How many feet of fence does Zoe need?
Answer: ______________ 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 playing field is 4 meters long and 8 meters wide. How many square meters of grass does it have?
Answer: ______________ square meters
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 27 square meters
- 2. 15 square inches
- 3. 16 meters
- 4. 10 square feet
- 5. 24 square feet
- 6. 6 square yards
- 7. 63 square yards
- 8. 20 square yards
- 9. 24 meters
- 10. 32 feet
- 11. 21 square meters
- 12. 32 square meters
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