πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A pool cover has to cover a pool 9 meters long and 6 meters wide. How many square meters is the cover?
Answer: ______________ square meters
2A rectangle-shaped playground has a perimeter of 24 meters. One side is 10 meters long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ meters
3Maya swims along every side of a pool that is 7 meters long and 7 meters wide, back to the start. How far does Maya swim?
Answer: ______________ meters
4A playing field is 5 yards long and 2 yards wide. How many square yards of grass does it have?
Answer: ______________ square yards
5A puppy pen is 2 feet long and 4 feet wide. How many feet of fence go all the way around it?
Answer: ______________ feet
6A playing field is 10 yards long and 7 yards wide. How many square yards of grass does it have?
Answer: ______________ square yards
7Aiden swims along every side of a pool that is 7 feet long and 3 feet wide, back to the start. How far does Aiden swim?
Answer: ______________ feet
8A rug covers 80 square feet of floor. It is 8 feet wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
9A playing field is 10 meters long and 2 meters wide. How many square meters of grass does it have?
Answer: ______________ square meters
10A rectangle-shaped playground has a perimeter of 16 feet. One side is 5 feet long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ feet
11Omar's garden is 8 meters long and 6 meters wide. How many square meters of garden can Omar plant?
Answer: ______________ square meters
12Leo glues a frame around a picture that is 2 centimeters wide and 4 centimeters tall. How long is the frame all the way around?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 54 square meters
- 2. 2 meters
- 3. 28 meters
- 4. 10 square yards
- 5. 12 feet
- 6. 70 square yards
- 7. 20 feet
- 8. 10 feet
- 9. 20 square meters
- 10. 3 feet
- 11. 48 square meters
- 12. 12 centimeters
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