πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Leo paints a picture that is 10 inches wide and 5 inches tall. What is the area of the picture?
Answer: ______________ square inches
2A playing field is 2 meters long and 2 meters wide. How many square meters of grass does it have?
Answer: ______________ square meters
3Aiden paints a picture that is 10 centimeters wide and 10 centimeters tall. What is the area of the picture?
Answer: ______________ square centimeters
4Aiden paints a picture that is 10 inches wide and 2 inches tall. What is the area of the picture?
Answer: ______________ square inches
5A rectangle-shaped poster has an area of 72 square inches. It is 8 inches tall. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
6Omar has 14 feet of fence for a puppy pen. Pen A would be 2 feet by 5 feet. Pen B would be 3 feet by 4 feet. Both use all the fence. Which pen gives the puppy more room?
- APen A
- BPen B
- CBoth the same
7Lily builds a pen for a puppy, 2 feet long and 2 feet wide. How many square feet of room does the puppy have?
Answer: ______________ square feet
8Two gardens each have an area of 24 square feet. Garden A is 2 feet by 12 feet. Garden B is 4 feet by 6 feet. Which garden needs more fence to go all the way around?
- AGarden A
- BGarden B
- CBoth the same
9Zoe's classroom is shaped like this plan. What is its area?
Answer: ______________ square feet
10Lily's classroom is shaped like this plan. What is its area?
Answer: ______________ square feet
11A puppy pen is 4 feet long and 7 feet wide. How many feet of fence go all the way around it?
Answer: ______________ feet
12Zoe puts a border all the way around a bulletin board that is 5 feet long and 8 feet tall. How many feet of border are needed?
Answer: ______________ feet
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 50 square inches
- 2. 4 square meters
- 3. 100 square centimeters
- 4. 20 square inches
- 5. 9 inches
- 6. B (Pen B)
- 7. 4 square feet
- 8. A (Garden A)
- 9. 15 square feet
- 10. 29 square feet
- 11. 22 feet
- 12. 26 feet
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