A square garden has an area of 205 square feet.

Question

1) What is the approximate length of each side of the garden? ____

2) What is the approximate perimeter of the garden to find out how much fencing you would need to go around it? ____

Answer 1

1. To find the length of each side of a square garden, we can use the formula for the area of a square, which is:

\[ \text{Area} = \text{side}^2 \]

Given that the area is 205 square feet, we can find the side length by taking the square root of the area:

\[ \text{side} = \sqrt{205} \approx 14.32 \text{ feet} \]

So, the approximate length of each side of the garden is 14.32 feet.

2. The perimeter of a square is calculated using the formula:

\[ \text{Perimeter} = 4 \times \text{side} \]

Using the side length we just calculated:

\[ \text{Perimeter} = 4 \times 14.32 \approx 57.28 \text{ feet} \]

Therefore, the approximate perimeter of the garden, which is the amount of fencing needed, is 57.28 feet.