Perimeter and area
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Question 8
Below are 3 squares. Each small square has a side length of 1 cm.
a Find the perimeter of each square.
b Find the area of each square.
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Question 9
Sanjay has some tiles that are in the shape of regular hexagons.
The perimeter of each tile is 12 cm.
He arranges them in a row with pairs of edges touching as shown.
He keeps adding tiles in the same way until he has a row with a perimeter of 100 cm.
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