High School Math : Geometry

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Example Questions

Example Question #2 : How To Find The Perimeter Of A Square In Pre Algebra

What is the perimeter of a square if one side is ?

Possible Answers:

We need to know the lengths of the other sides in order to be able to solve.

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Each of the sides of a square is equal. This means we can take the formula for the perimeter of a rectangle, , and say that, for a square, .

Since the problem gives us the length of the side, we can solve:

Example Question #5 : How To Find The Perimeter Of A Square In Pre Algebra

If the perimeter of a square is , what is the length of each side?

Possible Answers:

There is insufficient information to solve

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Each of the sides of a square is equal. We can take the formula for the perimeter of a rectangle, , and say that for a square, , or .

The problem gives us the perimeter so we can solve:

Divide both sides by :

Example Question #6 : How To Find The Perimeter Of A Square In Pre Algebra

If the perimeter of a square is , what is the side length?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The formula for the perimeter of a square is .

Plug in our given information.

Example Question #2 : How To Find The Perimeter Of A Square In Pre Algebra

What is the perimeter of a square with a side of ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The formula for perimeter of a square is .

Plug in our given information.

Example Question #8 : How To Find The Perimeter Of A Square In Pre Algebra

What is the perimeter of a square with a side length of ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the perimeter of a square, you must multiply the side length by .

To do this we plug the side length into the equation .

Then multiply the side length by .

 

The answer is .

Example Question #3 : How To Find The Perimeter Of A Square In Pre Algebra

The perimeter of a square is . What is the length of each side?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The perimeter is the sum of each of the sides of the shape. Since this is a square, all the sides will be equal. Therefore, the formula for the perimeter of a square is .

Plug in our given information to solve:

Since we have four 's, we can combine like terms:

Now divide by :

Example Question #4 : How To Find The Perimeter Of A Square In Pre Algebra

What is the perimeter of a square with a side length of ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the perimeter of a square you must multiply the side length by .

To do this we plug the side length into the equation

Then multiply the side length by ,

 

The answer is .

Example Question #11 : How To Find The Perimeter Of A Square In Pre Algebra

What is the perimeter of a square with a side length of ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the perimeter of a square you must multiply the side length by .

To do this we plug the side length, , into the equation

Then multiply the side length by ,

 

The answer is .

Example Question #11 : How To Find The Perimeter Of A Square In Pre Algebra

One side of a square is  inches long. What is the perimeter of the square? 

Possible Answers:

 inches

 inches

 inches 

 inches

  inches 

Correct answer:

  inches 

Explanation:

The perimeter of a square is the sum of all of the sides of the square. In this case, each side is  inches long. Since a square has four equal sides, we get a perimeter of  inches. 

Example Question #11 : Geometry

What is the perimeter of a square with a side length of ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the perimeter of a polygon, add the lengths of all sides together. For a square, since all side lengths are the same. simply multiply the side length by the number of sides.

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