πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Sam's team runs all the way around a field that is 2 yards long and 6 yards wide. How far is one lap?
Answer: ______________ yards
2Omar walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 28 meters in all. The yard is 7 meters long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
3A rug covers 64 square meters of floor. It is 8 meters wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
4Zoe has 28 yards of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 10 yards long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ yards
5Priya has 32 feet of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 8 feet long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ feet
6A rug in Maya's room is 7 feet long and 10 feet wide. How many square feet of floor does it cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
7Omar puts a fence all the way around a garden that is 8 meters long and 10 meters wide. How many meters of fence does Omar need?
Answer: ______________ meters
8A pool cover has to cover a pool 9 feet long and 2 feet wide. How many square feet is the cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
9Aiden's garden has an area of 6 square meters. It is 2 meters wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
10A rectangle-shaped poster has an area of 15 square meters. It is 3 meters tall. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
11A playing field is 6 yards long and 10 yards wide. How many square yards of grass does it have?
Answer: ______________ square yards
12Lily paints a picture that is 7 centimeters wide and 4 centimeters tall. What is the area of the picture?
Answer: ______________ square centimeters
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 16 yards
- 2. 7 meters
- 3. 8 meters
- 4. 4 yards
- 5. 8 feet
- 6. 70 square feet
- 7. 36 meters
- 8. 18 square feet
- 9. 3 meters
- 10. 5 meters
- 11. 60 square yards
- 12. 28 square centimeters
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