Question

Mai and her sister are planting a garden.They made 2 plant beds.one was 4 feet by 3 feet and the other 5 feet by 5 feet.they want to outline the beds with bricks that are 1foot long.How many bricks will they need to outline both beds?

Answer 1

27 bricks

Explanation:

find the perimeter of the first one, 4 x 3 = 12. Then the perimeter of the second one, 5 x 5 = 25. Therefore 12 + 15 = 27. Meaning you need 27 bricks