πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Zoe walks all the way around a park that is 6 yards long and 5 yards wide. How far does Zoe walk?
Answer: ______________ yards
2A pool cover has to cover a pool 2 meters long and 10 meters wide. How many square meters is the cover?
Answer: ______________ square meters
3A rug covers 35 square inches of floor. It is 5 inches wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
4Aiden has 16 meters of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 6 meters long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ meters
5Lily's garden is 6 feet long and 8 feet wide. How many square feet of garden can Lily plant?
Answer: ______________ square feet
6The class bulletin board is 8 feet long and 9 feet tall. How many square feet of paper cover it?
Answer: ______________ square feet
7The class bulletin board is 4 feet long and 5 feet tall. How many square feet of paper cover it?
Answer: ______________ square feet
8Zoe swims along every side of a pool that is 8 feet long and 5 feet wide, back to the start. How far does Zoe swim?
Answer: ______________ feet
9Leo swims along every side of a pool that is 8 meters long and 6 meters wide, back to the start. How far does Leo swim?
Answer: ______________ meters
10Zoe paints a picture that is 8 inches wide and 6 inches tall. What is the area of the picture?
Answer: ______________ square inches
11Zoe has 32 meters of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 8 meters long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ meters
12A rectangle-shaped poster has an area of 20 square feet. It is 4 feet tall. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 22 yards
- 2. 20 square meters
- 3. 7 inches
- 4. 2 meters
- 5. 48 square feet
- 6. 72 square feet
- 7. 20 square feet
- 8. 26 feet
- 9. 28 meters
- 10. 48 square inches
- 11. 8 meters
- 12. 5 feet
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