πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Priya builds a pen for a puppy, 5 yards long and 9 yards wide. How many square yards of room does the puppy have?
Answer: ______________ square yards
2Lily has 12 meters of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 4 meters long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ meters
3A rug in Sam's room is 6 feet long and 7 feet wide. How many square feet of floor does it cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
4A pool cover has to cover a pool 7 feet long and 9 feet wide. How many square feet is the cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
5Lily walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 28 meters in all. The yard is 9 meters long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
6Lily's team runs all the way around a field that is 9 meters long and 4 meters wide. How far is one lap?
Answer: ______________ meters
7Priya puts a border all the way around a bulletin board that is 2 feet long and 7 feet tall. How many feet of border are needed?
Answer: ______________ feet
8The class bulletin board is 3 feet long and 8 feet tall. How many square feet of paper cover it?
Answer: ______________ square feet
9A rug covers 8 square feet of floor. It is 2 feet wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
10A park is 10 meters long and 7 meters wide. What is the area of the park?
Answer: ______________ square meters
11A park is 4 yards long and 7 yards wide. What is the area of the park?
Answer: ______________ square yards
12A playing field is 9 yards long and 9 yards wide. How many square yards of grass does it have?
Answer: ______________ square yards
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 45 square yards
- 2. 2 meters
- 3. 42 square feet
- 4. 63 square feet
- 5. 5 meters
- 6. 26 meters
- 7. 18 feet
- 8. 24 square feet
- 9. 4 feet
- 10. 70 square meters
- 11. 28 square yards
- 12. 81 square yards
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