πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Sam's team runs all the way around a field that is 3 meters long and 9 meters wide. How far is one lap?
Answer: ______________ meters
2A park is 5 meters long and 6 meters wide. What is the area of the park?
Answer: ______________ square meters
3A park is 6 meters long and 6 meters wide. What is the area of the park?
Answer: ______________ square meters
4Aiden swims along every side of a pool that is 2 meters long and 10 meters wide, back to the start. How far does Aiden swim?
Answer: ______________ meters
5Priya paints a picture that is 2 centimeters wide and 3 centimeters tall. What is the area of the picture?
Answer: ______________ square centimeters
6Sam has 20 yards of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 6 yards long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ yards
7A rug covers 24 square meters of floor. It is 3 meters wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
8Priya paints a picture that is 6 inches wide and 4 inches tall. What is the area of the picture?
Answer: ______________ square inches
9A puppy pen is 2 feet long and 7 feet wide. How many feet of fence go all the way around it?
Answer: ______________ feet
10A pool cover has to cover a pool 7 feet long and 7 feet wide. How many square feet is the cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
11Leo builds a pen for a puppy, 7 feet long and 10 feet wide. How many square feet of room does the puppy have?
Answer: ______________ square feet
12A playing field is 6 meters long and 9 meters wide. How many square meters of grass does it have?
Answer: ______________ square meters
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 24 meters
- 2. 30 square meters
- 3. 36 square meters
- 4. 24 meters
- 5. 6 square centimeters
- 6. 4 yards
- 7. 8 meters
- 8. 24 square inches
- 9. 18 feet
- 10. 49 square feet
- 11. 70 square feet
- 12. 54 square meters
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