How to find the perimeter of a square

Since the sides of a square are all the same, the area of a square can be found by Therefore, the side of the square must be The perimeter of a square can be found by adding up all of the four sides:

The area of a square is given by so we know the side is 5 cm. Enlarging by a factor of two makes the new side 10 cm. The perimeter is given by , so the perimeter of the new square is 40 cm.

To find perimeter, simply multiply side length by . Thus,

Using the Pythagorean Theorem, we can find the edge of a side to be √50, by 2a2=102. This can be reduced to 5√2. This can then be multiplied by 4 to find the perimeter.

1. Find the side lengths:

2. Use the side lengths to find the perimeter:

The area of the shaded region, which covers half of the square is 18 meaning that the total area of the square is 18 x 2, or 36. The area of a square is equal to the length of one side squared. Since the square root of 36 is 6, the length of 1 side is 6. The perimeter is the length of 1 side times 4 or 6 x 4.

By finding the square root of the area of the garden, you find the length of one side, which is 8. We add 3 feet to this, giving us 11, then multiply this by 4 to get 44 feet for the perimeter.

To solve, you must first find the side length.

Then, you must multiply the side length by 4 since there are 4 sides. Thus,

In this case, volume and perimeter were the same numerical value, but this won't always be the case.