Question

8. Kuldeep buys 16 square paving slabs, each of side of 1/2m. He lays them in the form of a square.
Find the perimeter of his arrangement.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Side length =

2

1

m=0.5m

This figure is asquare with 3 slabs on each side.

side length of this square =3×

2

1

=1.5m

Perimeter =4×1.5=6m.

Image 2:

There are 8 sides each of 1 m and 4 sides each of

2

1

m

Perimeter =8×1+4×

2

1

=10 m

Perimeter can be found by adding the length of each side.