Perimeter Area Worksheet
This perimeter area worksheet gives 3rd graders four labeled figures and a garden word problem for finding perimeter and area. An answer key is included, so measurement practice is ready to print and go.
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Perimeter and area are two of the most important measurement skills in third grade math. Perimeter is the distance all the way around the outside of a shape, and area is the amount of space that the shape covers. This perimeter area worksheet gives students clear, fully labeled figures so they can practice both ideas side by side and learn to tell them apart with confidence.
The printable sheet moves from simple rectangles and a square to a composite figure built from two rectangles, and then finishes with a real-world garden story. Use it as guided perimeter and area practice during your measurement unit, as morning work, as a quick review before a quiz, or as homework. Students add the side lengths to find each perimeter, multiply length by width to find each area, and label every answer with the correct units.
What’s Included
- 1 print-ready PDF worksheet
- Answer key
- 4 labeled figures with perimeter and area lines, plus a two-part garden word problem
Three things make this perimeter area worksheet especially helpful. First, every figure is fully labeled, so students spend their thinking on the math instead of guessing at a missing measurement. Second, the L-shaped composite figure asks them to break one shape into two rectangles, which is exactly the multi-step reasoning third graders are expected to do. Third, the garden problem asks students to decide which measurement actually answers the question, so they learn that perimeter buys the fence while area covers the ground.
Teachers and parents can carry this skill off the page. Hand students a tape measure and let them find the perimeter and the area of a desk, a rug, or a raised garden bed. Build shapes on grid paper and count the squares inside them. Cover a rectangle with color tiles and compare the tile count to length times width. Then challenge students to draw two different rectangles that share the same perimeter but have different areas, a quick activity that makes the difference stick.
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