Question

Mrs. Anderson needs to buy carpeting for her family room. Her family room is a perfect square, with a perimeter of 32 feet. Carpet is sold by the square foot.

How many square feet are there in Mrs. Anderson’s family room?
oobleck
since there are 4 sides to a square, and they are all equal, each side is 32/4 = 8 feet long.
Now find the area as usual.