πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A pool cover has to cover a pool 5 feet long and 10 feet wide. How many square feet is the cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
2Lily walks all the way around a park that is 4 yards long and 7 yards wide. How far does Lily walk?
Answer: ______________ yards
3Lily builds a pen for a puppy, 10 feet long and 6 feet wide. How many square feet of room does the puppy have?
Answer: ______________ square feet
4A park is 9 meters long and 8 meters wide. What is the area of the park?
Answer: ______________ square meters
5A rug in Aiden's room is 10 feet long and 5 feet wide. How many square feet of floor does it cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
6Maya puts a border all the way around a bulletin board that is 9 feet long and 4 feet tall. How many feet of border are needed?
Answer: ______________ feet
7Priya puts a fence all the way around a garden that is 3 feet long and 6 feet wide. How many feet of fence does Priya need?
Answer: ______________ feet
8A rectangle-shaped poster has an area of 36 square feet. It is 4 feet tall. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
9A playing field is 10 yards long and 9 yards wide. How many square yards of grass does it have?
Answer: ______________ square yards
10A park is 10 yards long and 7 yards wide. What is the area of the park?
Answer: ______________ square yards
11The class bulletin board is 8 feet long and 3 feet tall. How many square feet of paper cover it?
Answer: ______________ square feet
12Zoe has 30 meters of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 10 meters long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ meters
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 50 square feet
- 2. 22 yards
- 3. 60 square feet
- 4. 72 square meters
- 5. 50 square feet
- 6. 26 feet
- 7. 18 feet
- 8. 9 feet
- 9. 90 square yards
- 10. 70 square yards
- 11. 24 square feet
- 12. 5 meters
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