Sheet # 139 Critical Thinking
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Use drawings, words, or numbers to explain how you got your answer.
Terry made a square flower bed that had a perimeter of 16 m. Later on he increased the length of the square flower bed by 2 m. He also increased the width by 2 m. What is the perimeter of the new square flower bed?
Answer for sheet # 139
Square has 4 m side. When you increase the length and the width by 2 m, it becomes a 6 m square. The perimater is 24 m.