OwlSheets
Area and Perimeter at the Dog Park worksheet preview

WorksheetPremium

Area and Perimeter at the Dog Park

Grade 4 area and perimeter word problems at a dog park: find fence lengths, grass areas, and missing side lengths of rectangles.

Grade 4MathInteractive · Printable

Aligned to4.MD.A.3

Buy this worksheet: $1.50

Or unlock every Premium worksheet with Premium

PrintUnlock to print
Answer keyUnlock to see answers
Assign to classUnlock to assign with a class code

What’s included

  • Single worksheet
  • Auto-graded online
  • 1 Common Core standard
  • Printable answer key
  • 14 questions
  • Classroom-ready

Details

Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 4
Subject
Math
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students use the area and perimeter formulas for rectangles to solve real-world problems.
  • Students find a missing side length of a rectangle when they know its area or perimeter.
  • Students decide whether a story problem asks for area or perimeter.

How to use

Use after teaching A = l × w and P = 2 × (l + w). Have students sketch and label each rectangle before solving, and write square units for area answers.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

4.MD.A.3

Use area and perimeter formulas for rectangles in real-world problems.

Preview

OwlSheets.com

Name Date

Area and Perimeter at the Dog Park

Help plan a new dog park by finding fences, grass, and missing sides.

Fences and grass

Find the perimeter or the area of each rectangle. Use the unit shown after each blank.

1.
The small-dog play yard is a rectangle 12 meters long and 8 meters wide. How many meters of fence go all the way around it?

  meters

2.
Grass will cover the whole small-dog play yard from problem 1. How many square meters of grass are needed?

  square meters

3.
The splash pad is a square. Each side is 6 feet long. Find its perimeter and its area.

Perimeter:   feet
Area:   square feet

The preview shows the first questions. Unlock the worksheet to see all of it.

Related worksheets