πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A rug covers 72 square inches of floor. It is 8 inches wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
2Priya's garden has an area of 32 square inches. It is 4 inches wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
3A park is 5 yards long and 8 yards wide. What is the area of the park?
Answer: ______________ square yards
4A rectangle-shaped poster has an area of 12 square meters. It is 2 meters tall. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
5A rectangle-shaped playground has a perimeter of 18 feet. One side is 5 feet long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ feet
6Zoe swims along every side of a pool that is 2 feet long and 9 feet wide, back to the start. How far does Zoe swim?
Answer: ______________ feet
7Lily's team runs all the way around a field that is 8 meters long and 6 meters wide. How far is one lap?
Answer: ______________ meters
8Leo swims along every side of a pool that is 10 meters long and 2 meters wide, back to the start. How far does Leo swim?
Answer: ______________ meters
9A puppy pen is 6 yards long and 3 yards wide. How many yards of fence go all the way around it?
Answer: ______________ yards
10A rectangle-shaped poster has an area of 48 square feet. It is 6 feet tall. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
11Zoe walks all the way around a park that is 8 yards long and 4 yards wide. How far does Zoe walk?
Answer: ______________ yards
12Leo's garden is 9 meters long and 7 meters wide. How many square meters of garden can Leo plant?
Answer: ______________ square meters
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 9 inches
- 2. 8 inches
- 3. 40 square yards
- 4. 6 meters
- 5. 4 feet
- 6. 22 feet
- 7. 28 meters
- 8. 24 meters
- 9. 18 yards
- 10. 8 feet
- 11. 24 yards
- 12. 63 square meters
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