Grade 3 Measurement Timed Drill
Grade 3 measurement timed drill sheet: 72 problems on perimeter of rectangles, area of rectangles, elapsed time in minutes, grams and milliliters.
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Three different problem sets — same skill, same layout, fresh numbers.
Preview — Set A
Start the timer, then solve as many problems as you can. Write your time in the box when you finish.
- 1.Perimeter of a 7 in by 12 in rectangle =
- 2.Area of a 3 ft by 3 ft rectangle =
- 3.6:35 plus 90 minutes =
- 4.119 mL + 802 mL = ___ mL
- 5.Perimeter of a 19 cm by 15 cm rectangle =
- 6.Area of a 7 cm by 1 cm rectangle =
- 7.5:55 plus 120 minutes =
- 8.305 g + 592 g = ___ g
- 9.Perimeter of a 3 cm by 12 cm rectangle =
- 10.Area of a 2 ft by 11 ft rectangle =
- 11.7:30 plus 75 minutes =
- 12.519 g + 878 g = ___ g
- 13.Perimeter of a 2 cm by 7 cm rectangle =
- 14.Area of a 8 m by 8 m rectangle =
- 15.5:25 plus 120 minutes =
- 16.154 mL + 879 mL = ___ mL
- 17.Perimeter of a 17 in by 7 in rectangle =
- 18.Area of a 3 m by 2 m rectangle =
- 19.1:55 plus 15 minutes =
- 20.743 mL + 208 mL = ___ mL
- 21.Perimeter of a 16 ft by 13 ft rectangle =
- 22.Area of a 12 ft by 2 ft rectangle =
- 23.11:20 plus 120 minutes =
- 24.409 g + 646 g = ___ g
- 25.Perimeter of a 11 cm by 4 cm rectangle =
- 26.Area of a 12 m by 5 m rectangle =
- 27.3:45 plus 120 minutes =
- 28.179 mL + 524 mL = ___ mL
- 29.Perimeter of a 17 ft by 6 ft rectangle =
- 30.Area of a 5 cm by 2 cm rectangle =
- 31.11:05 plus 15 minutes =
- 32.730 g + 509 g = ___ g
- 33.Perimeter of a 17 cm by 14 cm rectangle =
- 34.Area of a 9 in by 12 in rectangle =
- 35.3:40 plus 30 minutes =
- 36.743 mL + 681 mL = ___ mL
- 37.Perimeter of a 8 in by 9 in rectangle =
- 38.Area of a 3 ft by 5 ft rectangle =
- 39.4:30 plus 45 minutes =
- 40.545 g + 286 g = ___ g
- 41.Perimeter of a 5 in by 15 in rectangle =
- 42.Area of a 6 ft by 1 ft rectangle =
- 43.4:40 plus 75 minutes =
- 44.539 mL + 194 mL = ___ mL
- 45.Perimeter of a 17 m by 8 m rectangle =
- 46.Area of a 8 cm by 6 cm rectangle =
- 47.4:55 plus 120 minutes =
- 48.728 mL + 612 mL = ___ mL
- 49.Perimeter of a 11 m by 15 m rectangle =
- 50.Area of a 11 in by 6 in rectangle =
- 51.8:50 plus 120 minutes =
- 52.752 g + 753 g = ___ g
- 53.Perimeter of a 13 in by 3 in rectangle =
- 54.Area of a 13 ft by 9 ft rectangle =
- 55.2:05 plus 120 minutes =
- 56.362 g + 599 g = ___ g
- 57.Perimeter of a 18 ft by 10 ft rectangle =
- 58.Area of a 10 in by 2 in rectangle =
- 59.3:50 plus 30 minutes =
- 60.348 g + 441 g = ___ g
- 61.Perimeter of a 4 in by 15 in rectangle =
- 62.Area of a 14 in by 1 in rectangle =
- 63.9:45 plus 60 minutes =
- 64.671 g + 346 g = ___ g
- 65.Perimeter of a 13 cm by 6 cm rectangle =
- 66.Area of a 10 cm by 9 cm rectangle =
- 67.8:55 plus 45 minutes =
- 68.260 mL + 443 mL = ___ mL
- 69.Perimeter of a 11 in by 7 in rectangle =
- 70.Area of a 7 m by 6 m rectangle =
- 71.5:35 plus 75 minutes =
- 72.421 mL + 692 mL = ___ mL
What this worksheet covers
This is a 72-problem timed drill for grade 3 measurement, printed in black and white with the key on page two. Within that, the numbers run as high as 879. Problems 25 and 49, for instance, are "Perimeter of a 11 cm by 4 cm rectangle" and "Perimeter of a 11 m by 15 m rectangle". Common Core 3.MD.8 is the slot this page fills.
Skills practised
Grade 3 measurement means perimeter and area of rectangles, elapsed time in minutes, and grams and milliliters. Specifically, the problems practise perimeter of rectangles, area of rectangles, and elapsed time in minutes. To finish it, a student has to reason backwards from a result to a missing part. 69 different answers appear across the 72 problems, so a student cannot copy one result down the page.
About the timed drill format
The timer box at the top has room for minutes, seconds and a score out of 72; a realistic target for a page like this, where problem 25, "Perimeter of a 11 cm by 4 cm rectangle" is a typical item, is four to five minutes. Unit conversions are facts — 12 inches, 100 centimeters, 60 minutes — and a timer shows which are known.
Set A, Set B and Set C
All three sets are produced by the site's deterministic generator from a fixed seed, so they are the same every time the site is built and the answer keys are exact. Where Set A's problem 37 is "Perimeter of a 8 in by 9 in rectangle", Set B's is "Perimeter of a 15 cm by 13 cm rectangle".
How to use this worksheet
By grade 3 a student should take all 72 measurement problems in one sitting. If the page takes more than about fifteen minutes, the underlying facts are probably not automatic yet, and that is worth fixing before more measurement practice piles on. Use the key as a check, not as a grade; none of the 72 problems needs a score attached to be useful.
Other grade 3 measurement formats
The same skill in the other formats available at this grade.
- Drill — Grade 3 Measurement Drill, 30 problems
- Missing Number — Grade 3 Measurement Missing Number, 24 problems
- Mixed Review — Grade 3 Measurement Mixed Review, 30 problems
- Word Problems — 3.MD.7 — Area of Rectangles & Distributive Property, 22 problems
A step either side
The same format one grade down and one grade up — the easier sheet is often the faster fix when this one is not landing.
- Grade 2 Measurement Timed Drill — grade 2, 60 problems
- Grade 4 Measurement Timed Drill — grade 4, 72 problems
Timed Drill sheets in other grade 3 topics
Print as many copies of this grade 3 measurement timed drill as you need; Sets A, B and C and their keys are six separate PDFs, all free.