Question

What is the perimeter of a rectangle with sides of 12 inches and 18 inches?

Answer 1

`60` `"inches"`

Explanation:

The perimeter means "the distance around a figure. To find the perimeter of any figure, you simply add all of it's sides together.

Sometimes it's helpful to imagine putting a fence around the shape - you have to know how much distance there is around the "property", so you add all of the sides together.

So the perimeter of this rectangle is

`p = 12 + 18 + 12 + 18`

`p = 30 + 30`

`p = 60` `"inches"`

So the perimeter of this figure is `60` `"inches"`.