help with word problem?!

Question

The perimeter of a square is 36 inches. Find the length of one side.

 

each side is _____

Answer 1

Hi Seth.  Hope this helps.

 

What is the #1 rule of a square?

All sides are equal right?

 

What is a perimeter?

The total sum of all side of a shape added together.

 

So if a square has a perimeter of 36 then all four sides added together equals this amount.

 

so we write it like this:
4 times the length of a single side = 36

or

4x = 36  (where x is the length of a side).

 

So to find out what x is we divide the perimeter into 4 parts.

x = 36 divided by 4

therefore x=9

 

So the length of a side is 9

We can check our answer by multiplying our side length of 9 by 4 sides.

4 x 9 = 36

 

Answer 2

P=4s

36=4s

s=36/4

s=9 inches (answer)