Perimeter of a Rectangle or Square

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A squares sides measure inches each. What is its perimeter?

square inches

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square inches

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square inches

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square inches

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square inches

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Explanation

To find the perimeter of any object, simply add the length of each side together. The best answer is:

square inches

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A rectangle measures inches along its short side, and inches along its long side. What is the perimeter of the rectangle?

inches

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inches

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inches

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inches

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inches

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Explanation

To find the perimeter of any object, simply add the length of each side together. The best answer is:

inches

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If the diagonal of a square is , what is the perimeter?

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0

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Explanation

Write the formula to obtain the side given the diagonal for squares.

The perimeter of the square is four times the side.

The answer is .

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A rectangle measures inches along its short side, and inches along its long side. What is the perimeter of the rectangle?

square inches

CORRECT

square inches

0

square inches

0

square inches

0

square inches

0

Explanation

To find the perimeter of any object, simply add the length of each side together. The best answer is:

square inches

5

A squares sides measure inches each. What is its perimeter?

inches

CORRECT

inches

0

inches

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inches

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inches

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Explanation

To find the perimeter of any object, simply add the length of each side together. The best answer is:

inches

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A rectangle measures ten inches along its short side, and twelve inches along its long side. What is the perimeter of the rectangle?

fourty four inches

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fourty five inches

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fourty six inches

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twenty four inches

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thirty four inches

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Explanation

To find the perimeter of any object, simply add the length of each side together.

The best answer is:

fourty four inches

7

Find the perimeter of a square with a side of length 12cm.

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0

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Explanation

To find the perimeter of a square, we use the following formula

where a, b, c, and d are the lengths of the sides. In this case, a side of the square is 12cm. We know that the sides of a square are all equal. So,

Note that when adding, we do not change the label, only the coefficients.

Therefore, the perimeter of the square with a side of length 12cm is 48cm.

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A rectangle measures inches along its short side, and inches along its long side. What is the perimeter of the rectangle?

feet

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feet

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feet

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feet

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feet

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Explanation

To find the perimeter of any object, simply add the length of each side together. The best answer is:

feet

9

A squares sides measure inches each. What is its perimeter?

square inches

CORRECT

square inches

0

square inches

0

square inches

0

square inches

0

Explanation

To find the perimeter of any object, simply add the length of each side together. The best answer is:

square inches

10

Sarah has a purple square rug in the middle of her bedroom. The area of rug is . What is the length of each side of rug?

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Explanation

The correct answer to the question is .

The formula for the perimeter of a square is times the length of a side. We know this because all sides of a square are equal to one another.

Our unknown number is the length of each side which we set to . In this scenario, we know that the equation is .

In order to solve for , we divide each side of the equation by :

Therefore, is by itself on the left side of the equation. We know that .

In this equation, . Therefore, the length of a side of Sarah's rug is .