πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Priya walks all the way around a park that is 10 meters long and 5 meters wide. How far does Priya walk?
Answer: ______________ meters
2A park is 7 meters long and 4 meters wide. What is the area of the park?
Answer: ______________ square meters
3Aiden walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 24 yards in all. The yard is 8 yards long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ yards
4A rug in Leo's room is 6 feet long and 7 feet wide. How many square feet of floor does it cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
5Sam walks all the way around a park that is 7 yards long and 9 yards wide. How far does Sam walk?
Answer: ______________ yards
6A park is 6 meters long and 7 meters wide. What is the area of the park?
Answer: ______________ square meters
7Aiden paints a picture that is 10 inches wide and 8 inches tall. What is the area of the picture?
Answer: ______________ square inches
8Maya walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 18 feet in all. The yard is 6 feet long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
9A rug in Sam's room is 3 feet long and 4 feet wide. How many square feet of floor does it cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
10The class bulletin board is 7 feet long and 4 feet tall. How many square feet of paper cover it?
Answer: ______________ square feet
11Zoe 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
12Lily walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 10 feet in all. The yard is 3 feet long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 30 meters
- 2. 28 square meters
- 3. 4 yards
- 4. 42 square feet
- 5. 32 yards
- 6. 42 square meters
- 7. 80 square inches
- 8. 3 feet
- 9. 12 square feet
- 10. 28 square feet
- 11. 45 square feet
- 12. 2 feet
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