πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A park is 5 yards long and 6 yards wide. What is the area of the park?
Answer: ______________ square yards
2Zoe puts a border all the way around a bulletin board that is 2 feet long and 2 feet tall. How many feet of border are needed?
Answer: ______________ feet
3Lily builds a pen for a puppy, 5 feet long and 9 feet wide. How many square feet of room does the puppy have?
Answer: ______________ square feet
4Omar swims along every side of a pool that is 4 meters long and 9 meters wide, back to the start. How far does Omar swim?
Answer: ______________ meters
5Lily swims along every side of a pool that is 9 meters long and 10 meters wide, back to the start. How far does Lily swim?
Answer: ______________ meters
6Priya swims along every side of a pool that is 3 feet long and 2 feet wide, back to the start. How far does Priya swim?
Answer: ______________ feet
7Sam's team runs all the way around a field that is 7 yards long and 7 yards wide. How far is one lap?
Answer: ______________ yards
8A pool cover has to cover a pool 7 meters long and 9 meters wide. How many square meters is the cover?
Answer: ______________ square meters
9Aiden walks all the way around a park that is 7 yards long and 8 yards wide. How far does Aiden walk?
Answer: ______________ yards
10Lily builds a pen for a puppy, 9 yards long and 9 yards wide. How many square yards of room does the puppy have?
Answer: ______________ square yards
11Zoe walks all the way around a park that is 3 meters long and 8 meters wide. How far does Zoe walk?
Answer: ______________ meters
12A park is 8 meters long and 3 meters wide. What is the area of the park?
Answer: ______________ square meters
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 30 square yards
- 2. 8 feet
- 3. 45 square feet
- 4. 26 meters
- 5. 38 meters
- 6. 10 feet
- 7. 28 yards
- 8. 63 square meters
- 9. 30 yards
- 10. 81 square yards
- 11. 22 meters
- 12. 24 square meters
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