A wire 44 cm long is cut into 2 pieces. Each piece is bent to form a square.
The length of each side of a square is a whole number.
What are the perimeters of the two different squares formed?
Answer:
5 X 4 =20
and
6 X 4 = 24
Total = 44 cm?
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5 n 6
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Yes 44cm. The question is not well set though. Should have asked for area of one of the squares
There are many possible answers:
| Perimeter 1 | Perimeter 2 | Total |
| 4 cm | 40 cm | 44 cm |
| 8 cm | 36 cm | 44 cm |
| 12 cm | 32 cm | 44 cm |
| 16 cm | 28 cm | 44 cm |
| 20 cm | 24 cm | 44 cm |