How to find the perimeter of a square in pre-algebra - High School Math
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Find the perimeter of a square with a side of 4 meters.
Find the perimeter of a square with a side of 4 meters.
Since each side in a square is equal, and perimeter involves adding up all of the sides, multiply 4 by 4 to get 16 meters.
Since each side in a square is equal, and perimeter involves adding up all of the sides, multiply 4 by 4 to get 16 meters.
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What is the perimeter of a square with a side length of 
?
What is the perimeter of a square with a side length of
To find the perimeter of a square, multiply the side length by 
:
To find the perimeter of a square, multiply the side length by
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What is the perimeter of a square with a side length of 
?
What is the perimeter of a square with a side length of
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 
Multiply the side length, 
, by 
to get the answer 
.
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
Multiply the side length,
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What is the perimeter of the square with a side length of 
?
What is the perimeter of the square with a side length of
The way to find the perimeter of a square is to add up the lengths of all the sides. Since this is a square, each side will have the same length; if one of the sides is 
, the other sides will be 8 as well.
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The way to find the perimeter of a square is to add up the lengths of all the sides. Since this is a square, each side will have the same length; if one of the sides is
From here:
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The perimeter of a square is 
. What is the length of each side?
The perimeter of a square is
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 
:
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
Now divide by
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What is the perimeter of a square if one side is 
?
What is the perimeter of a square if one side is
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:
Each of the sides of a square is equal. This means we can take the formula for the perimeter of a rectangle,
Since the problem gives us the length of the side, we can solve:
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If the perimeter of a square is 
, what is the length of each side?
If the perimeter of a square is
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 
:
Each of the sides of a square is equal. We can take the formula for the perimeter of a rectangle,
The problem gives us the perimeter so we can solve:
Divide both sides by
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What is the perimeter of a square with a side length of 
?
What is the perimeter of a square with a side length of
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 
.
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
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A farmer wants to build a rectangular fence to enclose a 
yard. If the yard is square, how many feet of fence will he need?
A farmer wants to build a rectangular fence to enclose a
The area of a square is 
. Since our area is 
,
.
Take the square root of both sides.
The perimeter of a square is the sum of all four sides. Since all sides are equal, we can say that, for a square, the formula for a perimter would be 
.
Plug in what we just found:
The area of a square is
Take the square root of both sides.
The perimeter of a square is the sum of all four sides. Since all sides are equal, we can say that, for a square, the formula for a perimter would be
Plug in what we just found:
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If the perimeter of a square is 
, what is the side length?
If the perimeter of a square is
The formula for the perimeter of a square is 
.
Plug in our given information.
The formula for the perimeter of a square is
Plug in our given information.
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What is the perimeter of a square with a side of 
?
What is the perimeter of a square with a side of
The formula for perimeter of a square is 
.
Plug in our given information.
The formula for perimeter of a square is
Plug in our given information.
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What is the perimeter of a square with a side length of 
?
What is the perimeter of a square with a side length of
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 
.
To find the perimeter of a square you must multiply the side length by
To do this we plug the side length,
Then multiply the side length by
The answer is
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What is the perimeter of a square with a side length of 
?
What is the perimeter of a square with a side length of
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 
.
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
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What is the perimeter of a square with a side length of 
?
What is the perimeter of a square with a side length of
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.
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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One side of a square is 
inches long. What is the perimeter of the square?
One side of a square is
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.
The perimeter of a square is the sum of all of the sides of the square. In this case, each side is
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