πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A playing field is 2 yards long and 3 yards wide. How many square yards of grass does it have?
Answer: ______________ square yards
2Sam's garden has an area of 63 square inches. It is 7 inches wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
3A playing field is 5 meters long and 3 meters wide. How many square meters of grass does it have?
Answer: ______________ square meters
4A rectangle-shaped playground has a perimeter of 34 meters. One side is 9 meters long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ meters
5Lily swims along every side of a pool that is 3 meters long and 10 meters wide, back to the start. How far does Lily swim?
Answer: ______________ meters
6Maya's garden has an area of 36 square inches. It is 4 inches wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
7Leo swims along every side of a pool that is 7 meters long and 4 meters wide, back to the start. How far does Leo swim?
Answer: ______________ meters
8A rug in Omar's room is 6 feet long and 9 feet wide. How many square feet of floor does it cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
9A rug covers 27 square inches of floor. It is 3 inches wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
10A park is 10 yards long and 6 yards wide. What is the area of the park?
Answer: ______________ square yards
11The class bulletin board is 5 feet long and 9 feet tall. How many square feet of paper cover it?
Answer: ______________ square feet
12A puppy pen is 7 yards long and 6 yards wide. How many yards of fence go all the way around it?
Answer: ______________ yards
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 6 square yards
- 2. 9 inches
- 3. 15 square meters
- 4. 8 meters
- 5. 26 meters
- 6. 9 inches
- 7. 22 meters
- 8. 54 square feet
- 9. 9 inches
- 10. 60 square yards
- 11. 45 square feet
- 12. 26 yards
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