Question

Mariah is drawing a picture on a square sheet of paper. The paper has an

area of 49 square inches. What is its perimeter?
Show your work.

Answer 1

28 inches.

Explanation:

The side length of the square can be found by taking the square root of the area, which is 7 inches.

The perimeter of a square is simply 4 times the length of one of its sides, so the perimeter of this square paper is:

4 x 7 inches = 28 inches