πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A park is 7 meters long and 10 meters wide. What is the area of the park?
Answer: ______________ square meters
2A playing field is 3 yards long and 4 yards wide. How many square yards of grass does it have?
Answer: ______________ square yards
3A pool cover has to cover a pool 5 feet long and 5 feet wide. How many square feet is the cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
4A rug in Aiden's room is 4 feet long and 4 feet wide. How many square feet of floor does it cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
5A puppy pen is 3 feet long and 10 feet wide. How many feet of fence go all the way around it?
Answer: ______________ feet
6A rug in Priya's room is 4 feet long and 10 feet wide. How many square feet of floor does it cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
7Omar's garden has an area of 35 square feet. It is 5 feet wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
8A rug covers 24 square feet of floor. It is 4 feet wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
9The class bulletin board is 6 feet long and 10 feet tall. How many square feet of paper cover it?
Answer: ______________ square feet
10Omar glues a frame around a picture that is 5 centimeters wide and 10 centimeters tall. How long is the frame all the way around?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
11A rectangle-shaped playground has a perimeter of 22 meters. One side is 8 meters long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ meters
12Lily sews a ribbon all the way around the edge of a rug that is 5 feet long and 4 feet wide. How many feet of ribbon does Lily need?
Answer: ______________ feet
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 70 square meters
- 2. 12 square yards
- 3. 25 square feet
- 4. 16 square feet
- 5. 26 feet
- 6. 40 square feet
- 7. 7 feet
- 8. 6 feet
- 9. 60 square feet
- 10. 30 centimeters
- 11. 3 meters
- 12. 18 feet
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