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 4 feet long and 5 feet wide. How many square feet is the cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
2A rectangle-shaped poster has an area of 20 square inches. It is 4 inches tall. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
3Omar walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 22 yards in all. The yard is 7 yards long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ yards
4Omar's garden is 10 meters long and 6 meters wide. How many square meters of garden can Omar plant?
Answer: ______________ square meters
5Aiden'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
6Priya builds a pen for a puppy, 7 feet long and 4 feet wide. How many square feet of room does the puppy have?
Answer: ______________ square feet
7Lily walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 34 feet in all. The yard is 10 feet long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
8Zoe puts a border all the way around a bulletin board that is 10 feet long and 10 feet tall. How many feet of border are needed?
Answer: ______________ feet
9Omar swims along every side of a pool that is 6 meters long and 4 meters wide, back to the start. How far does Omar swim?
Answer: ______________ meters
10Priya has 28 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
11Omar's garden is 5 meters long and 10 meters wide. How many square meters of garden can Omar plant?
Answer: ______________ square meters
12A park is 9 yards long and 3 yards wide. What is the area of the park?
Answer: ______________ square yards
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 20 square feet
- 2. 5 inches
- 3. 4 yards
- 4. 60 square meters
- 5. 16 yards
- 6. 28 square feet
- 7. 7 feet
- 8. 40 feet
- 9. 20 meters
- 10. 6 meters
- 11. 50 square meters
- 12. 27 square yards
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