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 27 square feet. It is 3 feet tall. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
2A park is 7 meters long and 8 meters wide. What is the area of the park?
Answer: ______________ square meters
3A playing field is 10 meters long and 3 meters wide. How many square meters of grass does it have?
Answer: ______________ square meters
4A rug covers 72 square meters of floor. It is 8 meters wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
5A rectangle-shaped poster has an area of 30 square feet. It is 3 feet tall. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
6A park is 9 yards long and 4 yards wide. What is the area of the park?
Answer: ______________ square yards
7Leo puts a border all the way around a bulletin board that is 5 feet long and 5 feet tall. How many feet of border are needed?
Answer: ______________ feet
8A rug in Maya's room is 4 feet long and 3 feet wide. How many square feet of floor does it cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
9Lily's garden has an area of 4 square feet. It is 2 feet wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
10Omar walks all the way around a park that is 3 yards long and 6 yards wide. How far does Omar walk?
Answer: ______________ yards
11Aiden sews a ribbon all the way around the edge of a rug that is 4 feet long and 4 feet wide. How many feet of ribbon does Aiden need?
Answer: ______________ feet
12A puppy pen is 10 yards long and 6 yards wide. How many yards of fence go all the way around it?
Answer: ______________ yards
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 9 feet
- 2. 56 square meters
- 3. 30 square meters
- 4. 9 meters
- 5. 10 feet
- 6. 36 square yards
- 7. 20 feet
- 8. 12 square feet
- 9. 2 feet
- 10. 18 yards
- 11. 16 feet
- 12. 32 yards
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