πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A playing field is 3 meters long and 5 meters wide. How many square meters of grass does it have?
Answer: ______________ square meters
2Two gardens each have an area of 36 square feet. Garden A is 4 feet by 9 feet. Garden B is 3 feet by 12 feet. Which garden needs more fence to go all the way around?
- AGarden B
- BBoth the same
- CGarden A
3A rectangle-shaped poster has an area of 40 square inches. It is 4 inches tall. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
4Maya swims along every side of a pool that is 5 feet long and 2 feet wide, back to the start. How far does Maya swim?
Answer: ______________ feet
5A park is 6 yards long and 5 yards wide. What is the area of the park?
Answer: ______________ square yards
6Aiden walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 22 feet in all. The yard is 7 feet long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
7Aiden has 16 feet of fence for a puppy pen. Pen A would be 2 feet by 6 feet. Pen B would be 3 feet by 5 feet. Both use all the fence. Which pen gives the puppy more room?
- APen B
- BPen A
- CBoth the same
8Leo has 18 yards of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 6 yards long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ yards
9Omar has 26 feet of fence for a puppy pen. Pen A would be 5 feet by 8 feet. Pen B would be 3 feet by 10 feet. Both use all the fence. Which pen gives the puppy more room?
- ABoth the same
- BPen A
- CPen B
10Priya's garden has an area of 24 square inches. It is 3 inches wide. How long is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
11Aiden's team runs all the way around a field that is 6 meters long and 8 meters wide. How far is one lap?
Answer: ______________ meters
12The floor of a room is shaped like this plan. How many square meters of carpet cover it?
Answer: ______________ square meters
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 15 square meters
- 2. A (Garden B)
- 3. 10 inches
- 4. 14 feet
- 5. 30 square yards
- 6. 4 feet
- 7. A (Pen B)
- 8. 3 yards
- 9. B (Pen A)
- 10. 8 inches
- 11. 28 meters
- 12. 24 square meters
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