3rd grade measurement word problems

A free printable sheet of 8 Grade 3 measurement word problems, with a hint for a grown-up under each one and an answer key worked out by Kizupi’s math engine. Press New sheet for another.

By The Kizupi team · Updated November 4, 2026

Grade 3 measurement word problems

Name: ____________________

The bunny run is a square that covers 64 square meters. How long is each side?
Hint for a grown-up: The length and the width are the same number. Which number times itself makes 64?
Mateo fills 8 little tasting cups with lemonade for the fair. Each cup holds 90 mL. How many milliliters of lemonade is that?
Hint for a grown-up: Is every cup filled the same?
Kizupi fences a corner of the meadow for the hedgehogs. The pen is a triangle. Two sides are 7 m and 12 m. The fence is 27 m long in all. How long is the third side?
Hint for a grown-up: All three sides together make 27 m. Which side is missing?
The punch bowl has 306 mL of juice in it. Wei pours in 5 bottles of sparkling water. Each bottle holds 500 mL. How many milliliters of punch are in the bowl now?
Hint for a grown-up: How much sparkling water is in 5 bottles?
Kizupi has 20 m of fence. One plan is a pen 1 m by 9 m. Another plan is a pen 2 m by 8 m. Both plans use all the fence. How many square meters does the pen with more grass cover?
Hint for a grown-up: Both pens have the same fence. Is the grass inside the same too?
The goat pen is 12 m by 3 m. The sheep pen is 4 m by 9 m. Both pens cover 36 square meters. Find the fence around each pen. How long is the longer fence?
Hint for a grown-up: Find the fence around each pen. Add all four sides.
Kizupi’s cake for the fair needs 376 g of flour and 145 g of sugar. How many grams is that in all?
Hint for a grown-up: Both are in grams. Do we put them together, or take away?
A garden is a rectangle 7 m long and 2 m wide. Wei puts a fence all the way around. How long is the fence?
Hint for a grown-up: How many sides does a rectangle have? Are any the same?

From kizupi.com/tools · Grade 3, sheet 2059

What these measurement problems cover

Each sheet draws 8 problems from 16 Grade 3 measurement word problems in Kizupi’s published lessons, a different skill for each where it can. Only problems that work on paper are used.

Area · Perimeter · Area of L-shapes · Elapsed time · Grams and kilograms · Liters and milliliters · Measurement stories · Perimeter with a missing side · Finding a side from the area · Same area, different perimeter · Same perimeter, different area

Where this fits in 3rd grade

The Common Core math standards say Grade 3 time should go to these areas [1]:

Multiplication and division within 100
Fractions, especially unit fractions like 1/4
Arrays and area
Describing and analyzing flat shapes

For a sheet that mixes every Grade 3 skill, use the 3rd grade math word problems page.

Questions parents ask

What measurement word problems do 3rd graders do?

The sheets here draw from 11 Grade 3 skills: Area, Perimeter, Area of L-shapes, Elapsed time, Grams and kilograms, Liters and milliliters, Measurement stories, Perimeter with a missing side, Finding a side from the area, Same area, different perimeter, Same perimeter, different area.

Is the worksheet free?

Yes. No account and no email. Press New sheet for another set of the same topic, and print as many as you like.

Are the answers right?

Every answer is computed with exact arithmetic by the same engine that checks children’s answers in Kizupi, not typed in by hand.

What if measurement word problems are too hard?

Read the problem aloud together and ask what the story is about before any numbers. Use the hint under each problem. If it is still hard, try the mixed Grade 2 sheet first.

Sources

Common Core State Standards Initiative, Grade 3 introduction. Read October 27, 2026.

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