πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A rectangle-shaped poster has an area of 24 square meters. It is 4 meters tall. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
2Zoe paints a picture that is 7 inches wide and 5 inches tall. What is the area of the picture?
Answer: ______________ square inches
3Sam walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 36 meters in all. The yard is 10 meters long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
4A rug covers 21 square meters of floor. It is 3 meters wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
5Sam has 22 yards of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 8 yards long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ yards
6A playing field is 7 meters long and 4 meters wide. How many square meters of grass does it have?
Answer: ______________ square meters
7A park is 8 meters long and 8 meters wide. What is the area of the park?
Answer: ______________ square meters
8Priya paints a picture that is 9 centimeters wide and 10 centimeters tall. What is the area of the picture?
Answer: ______________ square centimeters
9Leo paints a picture that is 5 inches wide and 5 inches tall. What is the area of the picture?
Answer: ______________ square inches
10Zoe walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 28 meters in all. The yard is 8 meters long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
11A puppy pen is 10 feet long and 8 feet wide. How many feet of fence go all the way around it?
Answer: ______________ feet
12Lily swims along every side of a pool that is 10 feet long and 4 feet wide, back to the start. How far does Lily swim?
Answer: ______________ feet
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 6 meters
- 2. 35 square inches
- 3. 8 meters
- 4. 7 meters
- 5. 3 yards
- 6. 28 square meters
- 7. 64 square meters
- 8. 90 square centimeters
- 9. 25 square inches
- 10. 6 meters
- 11. 36 feet
- 12. 28 feet
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