Question

If the perimeter of a square is 5 feet, how many inches long is each side of the square?

Answer 1

The whole square would be a total of 60 inches(5 feet)

Each side would be 15 inches(1 foot and 3 inches)

Answer 2

Well since we know that the perimeter of a square is four times the length of one of its sides. We just have to divide 5 by 4 to get the length of one side:

5feet /4 sides = 1.25 feet

And to finish off, we have to convert feet to inches:

1 foot      = 12 inches
1.25 feet    x inches

x inches = 12 inches x 1.25 feet ÷ 1 foot
x inches = 15 inches

Therefore, each side is 15 inches long.

Hope this helps!