SSAT Elementary Level Math : How to find the perimeter of a square

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Example Question #1 :How To Find The Perimeter Of A Square

What is the perimeter of a square of area 36?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The area of a square is the square of the length of its side (all sides are equal in a square). If the area is 36, then the length of each side is 6.

The perimeter of a square is 4 times the length of its side. Therefore, 4 times 6 is 24.

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

Which of the following is NOT a quadrilateral?

Possible Answers:

rhombus

trapezoid

nonagon

parallelogram

Correct answer:

nonagon

Explanation:

Quadrilaterals have 4 sides. A nonagon has 9 sides.

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

What is the perimeter of a square that has a side measuring 3 inches in length?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

Perimeter is the sum of all the sides. For a square,.

Therefore, for this square,

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

What is the perimeter of a square that has a side measuring 1 inch in length?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

Perimeter is the sum of all the sides. For a square,

Therefore, for this square,

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

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What is the perimeter of the square?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the perimeter of this square, add all four sides together. Even though we are only given one side's length,every side of a square always has the same length!

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

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What is the perimeter of the square?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the perimeter of a square, simply add all four sides together. Even though we are only given one side's length,squares always have four, equal sides!

Example Question #31 :Geometry

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What is the perimeter of the square?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the perimeter of a square, add all four sides together. Since each side of a square is the same length, we only need one side's length to figure out the perimeter of a square!

Example Question #32 :Geometry

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What is the perimeter of the square?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the perimeter of a square, simply add all four sides together. Since squares always have four equal sides, we only need the length of one side to determine the perimeter!

Example Question #33 :Geometry

If John draws a square with a side of 7 centimeters, what is the square's perimeter?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the perimeter of a square, multiply the side length by 4:

Adding all four sides will produce the same result:

Example Question #34 :Geometry

Which formula would you use to find the perimeter of a square?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The perimeter of a square is the sum of all its sides:

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