πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A pool cover has to cover a pool 3 feet long and 6 feet wide. How many square feet is the cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
2Two gardens each have an area of 12 square feet. Garden A is 3 feet by 4 feet. Garden B is 2 feet by 6 feet. Which garden needs more fence to go all the way around?
- AGarden A
- BBoth the same
- CGarden B
3A pool cover has to cover a pool 9 meters long and 2 meters wide. How many square meters is the cover?
Answer: ______________ square meters
4Aiden walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 26 yards in all. The yard is 8 yards long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ yards
5Aiden walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 12 meters in all. The yard is 4 meters long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
6A rug covers 18 square feet of floor. It is 2 feet wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
7Sam paints a picture that is 8 inches wide and 8 inches tall. What is the area of the picture?
Answer: ______________ square inches
8Maya has 26 feet of fence for a puppy pen. Pen A would be 6 feet by 7 feet. Pen B would be 4 feet by 9 feet. Both use all the fence. Which pen gives the puppy more room?
- APen B
- BPen A
- CBoth the same
9Priya walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 28 yards in all. The yard is 7 yards long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ yards
10A path goes all the way around the edge of this playground. How long is the path?
Answer: ______________ meters
11Sam paints a picture that is 4 centimeters wide and 3 centimeters tall. What is the area of the picture?
Answer: ______________ square centimeters
12A playing field is 10 meters long and 9 meters wide. How many square meters of grass does it have?
Answer: ______________ square meters
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 18 square feet
- 2. C (Garden B)
- 3. 18 square meters
- 4. 5 yards
- 5. 2 meters
- 6. 9 feet
- 7. 64 square inches
- 8. B (Pen A)
- 9. 7 yards
- 10. 20 meters
- 11. 12 square centimeters
- 12. 90 square meters
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