πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A park is 7 yards long and 10 yards wide. What is the area of the park?
Answer: ______________ square yards
2A pool cover has to cover a pool 2 feet long and 10 feet wide. How many square feet is the cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
3A pool cover has to cover a pool 8 meters long and 5 meters wide. How many square meters is the cover?
Answer: ______________ square meters
4A 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
5Leo swims along every side of a pool that is 2 feet long and 9 feet wide, back to the start. How far does Leo swim?
Answer: ______________ feet
6A pool cover has to cover a pool 9 feet long and 2 feet wide. How many square feet is the cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
7A rectangle-shaped playground has a perimeter of 28 feet. One side is 10 feet long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ feet
8Omar puts a border all the way around a bulletin board that is 3 feet long and 2 feet tall. How many feet of border are needed?
Answer: ______________ feet
9Two gardens each have an area of 36 square feet. Garden A is 6 feet by 6 feet. Garden B is 2 feet by 18 feet. Which garden needs more fence to go all the way around?
- AGarden B
- BBoth the same
- CGarden A
10Lily has 26 feet of fence for a puppy pen. Pen A would be 5 feet by 8 feet. Pen B would be 6 feet by 7 feet. Both use all the fence. Which pen gives the puppy more room?
- APen A
- BBoth the same
- CPen B
11A path goes all the way around the edge of this playground. How long is the path?
Answer: ______________ feet
12The class bulletin board is 3 feet long and 4 feet tall. How many square feet of paper cover it?
Answer: ______________ square feet
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 70 square yards
- 2. 20 square feet
- 3. 40 square meters
- 4. 12 square feet
- 5. 22 feet
- 6. 18 square feet
- 7. 4 feet
- 8. 10 feet
- 9. A (Garden B)
- 10. C (Pen B)
- 11. 16 feet
- 12. 12 square feet
Practice this lesson online with games that adjust to your child: agarwalmath.com/math/3rd-grade/word-area-perimeter