Perimeter and area word problems: Challenge Page
Grade 4 · Measurement · CCSS.Math.4.MD
- A garden is 11 ft by 4 ft. Find its perimeter: ___ ft and area: ___ sq ft
- A garden is 5 ft by 10 ft. Find its perimeter: ___ ft and area: ___ sq ft
- A garden is 5 ft by 10 ft. Find its perimeter: ___ ft and area: ___ sq ft
- A garden is 9 ft by 6 ft. Find its perimeter: ___ ft and area: ___ sq ft
- A garden is 6 ft by 3 ft. Find its perimeter: ___ ft and area: ___ sq ft
- A garden is 4 ft by 8 ft. Find its perimeter: ___ ft and area: ___ sq ft
This is the preview. Hit "Print this worksheet" above to open a clean, ad-free, one-page version with name and date lines and writing space for each problem. A separate answer key prints on the second page for the grown-up. Tear it off before handing the practice page to your child.
Use this free Grade 4 math worksheet to help your child master Perimeter and area word problems. It belongs to our Measurement collection, aligns with CCSS.Math.4.MD, and is built so a kid with a sharp pencil can finish a meaningful round of practice in roughly ten minutes.
We organize the page so the easier warm-up problems sit at the top and the more challenging stretch questions sit near the bottom, giving students a confidence boost before they reach the harder work. Students who finish quickly can flip the page over and write two new problems of their own that target the same skill. It's a powerful retention trick that doubles as a quick formative check.
Strong students can race the clock and aim for a personal best. Students who need more support can work in pairs and explain their thinking out loud, which is one of the highest-leverage moves in elementary math because it forces students to put fuzzy thinking into clear words.
Want a different angle on this skill? Try the matching variants in our Grade 4 · Measurement collection, or jump up to the cross-grade Measurement hub.
Teachers tell us the most useful thing about this Perimeter and area word problems page is that it can be dropped into morning math, into a small-group rotation, or into a homework folder without any pre-teaching. Students can read the directions, look at the first warm-up, and start working without waiting for a grown-up to translate.
This worksheet is aligned to Common Core State Standard CCSS.Math.4.MD and supports the broader Measurement progression that students continue to build through later grades. The same skill is revisited each year with greater abstraction, so the work your student does on this single sheet feeds into the multi-digit and multi-step problems they will see in middle school.
Looking for more Measurement practice? Browse the rest of the Grade 4 collection for related printables that scaffold the same standard from different angles.
Sample problems on this worksheet
- A garden is 11 ft by 4 ft. Find its perimeter: ___ ft and area: ___ sq ft
- A garden is 5 ft by 10 ft. Find its perimeter: ___ ft and area: ___ sq ft
- A garden is 5 ft by 10 ft. Find its perimeter: ___ ft and area: ___ sq ft
- A garden is 9 ft by 6 ft. Find its perimeter: ___ ft and area: ___ sq ft
- A garden is 6 ft by 3 ft. Find its perimeter: ___ ft and area: ___ sq ft
- A garden is 4 ft by 8 ft. Find its perimeter: ___ ft and area: ___ sq ft
How to use this worksheet
Print one copy per child on standard letter or A4 paper. Set a quiet 10 to 15 minute window. Hand your student a sharpened pencil and an eraser, and let them work top to bottom. The first row is a warm-up on purpose. The last row is a stretch on purpose. Sit with them as they finish so any misconceptions surface right away instead of getting practiced into a bad habit.
If your student finishes quickly, flip the page over and ask them to write two new problems of their own that target the same skill. It's a powerful retention move. If they get stuck, pull out manipulatives that match the skill (counters for early addition, base-ten blocks for place value, fraction tiles for fractions) and work through one or two problems together before letting them try the rest on their own.
Common Core alignment
This page targets CCSS.Math.4.MD inside the broader Measurement progression. The skill is introduced earlier in elementary school through concrete representations and revisited each year with greater abstraction. To see how it develops across grade levels, visit our Measurement hub. To see the rest of the Grade 4 work in this strand, visit the Grade 4 · Measurement collection.