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 9 feet long and 4 feet wide. How many square feet is the cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
2A rectangle-shaped poster has an area of 63 square feet. It is 7 feet tall. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
3The floor of a room is shaped like this plan. How many square feet of carpet cover it?
Answer: ______________ square feet
4Two gardens each have an area of 24 square feet. Garden A is 3 feet by 8 feet. Garden B is 2 feet by 12 feet. Which garden needs more fence to go all the way around?
- AGarden A
- BGarden B
- CBoth the same
5Two gardens each have an area of 36 square feet. Garden A is 3 feet by 12 feet. Garden B is 4 feet by 9 feet. Which garden needs more fence to go all the way around?
- AGarden B
- BBoth the same
- CGarden A
6Zoe's team runs all the way around a field that is 10 yards long and 2 yards wide. How far is one lap?
Answer: ______________ yards
7A park is 6 yards long and 7 yards wide. What is the area of the park?
Answer: ______________ square yards
8A park is 2 yards long and 9 yards wide. What is the area of the park?
Answer: ______________ square yards
9Zoe's team runs all the way around a field that is 6 meters long and 9 meters wide. How far is one lap?
Answer: ______________ meters
10A rectangle-shaped poster has an area of 20 square inches. It is 4 inches tall. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
11The class bulletin board is 4 feet long and 2 feet tall. How many square feet of paper cover it?
Answer: ______________ square feet
12Zoe has 24 meters of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 8 meters long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ meters
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 36 square feet
- 2. 9 feet
- 3. 26 square feet
- 4. B (Garden B)
- 5. C (Garden A)
- 6. 24 yards
- 7. 42 square yards
- 8. 18 square yards
- 9. 30 meters
- 10. 5 inches
- 11. 8 square feet
- 12. 4 meters
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