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 6 square meters. It is 2 meters tall. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
2A rectangle-shaped poster has an area of 36 square meters. It is 4 meters tall. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
3A pool cover has to cover a pool 9 feet long and 9 feet wide. How many square feet is the cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
4Aiden walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 16 meters in all. The yard is 6 meters long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
5A playing field is 2 yards long and 3 yards wide. How many square yards of grass does it have?
Answer: ______________ square yards
6A puppy pen is 2 feet long and 8 feet wide. How many feet of fence go all the way around it?
Answer: ______________ feet
7A rectangle-shaped playground has a perimeter of 24 yards. One side is 7 yards long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ yards
8Omar swims along every side of a pool that is 3 meters long and 9 meters wide, back to the start. How far does Omar swim?
Answer: ______________ meters
9A pool cover has to cover a pool 4 feet long and 3 feet wide. How many square feet is the cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
10Lily's team runs all the way around a field that is 8 yards long and 3 yards wide. How far is one lap?
Answer: ______________ yards
11Leo's garden has an area of 35 square meters. It is 5 meters wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
12A playing field is 7 yards long and 5 yards wide. How many square yards of grass does it have?
Answer: ______________ square yards
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 3 meters
- 2. 9 meters
- 3. 81 square feet
- 4. 2 meters
- 5. 6 square yards
- 6. 20 feet
- 7. 5 yards
- 8. 24 meters
- 9. 12 square feet
- 10. 22 yards
- 11. 7 meters
- 12. 35 square yards
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