πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A garden is shaped like this plan. What is its area?
Answer: ______________ square meters
2Maya puts a fence all the way around a garden shaped like this plan. How many meters of fence does Maya need?
Answer: ______________ meters
3A garden is shaped like this plan. What is its area?
Answer: ______________ square feet
4A rectangle-shaped playground has a perimeter of 32 feet. One side is 10 feet long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ feet
5A path goes all the way around the edge of this playground. How long is the path?
Answer: ______________ feet
6Lily walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 32 feet in all. The yard is 8 feet long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
7A rug in Lily's room is 2 feet long and 2 feet wide. How many square feet of floor does it cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
8Aiden puts a fence all the way around a garden that is 3 feet long and 7 feet wide. How many feet of fence does Aiden need?
Answer: ______________ feet
9The class bulletin board is 8 feet long and 7 feet tall. How many square feet of paper cover it?
Answer: ______________ square feet
10A rectangle-shaped poster has an area of 8 square meters. It is 2 meters tall. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
11A playing field is 3 meters long and 3 meters wide. How many square meters of grass does it have?
Answer: ______________ square meters
12A pool cover has to cover a pool 7 meters long and 7 meters wide. How many square meters is the cover?
Answer: ______________ square meters
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 25 square meters
- 2. 22 meters
- 3. 17 square feet
- 4. 6 feet
- 5. 16 feet
- 6. 8 feet
- 7. 4 square feet
- 8. 20 feet
- 9. 56 square feet
- 10. 4 meters
- 11. 9 square meters
- 12. 49 square meters
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