P6 / Henry Park / 2021 / SA2 / Paper 1 – Q15 [2 marks]

Question:

Maliki cut a square piece of paper measuring 12 cm in length into 2 pieces of squares and 2 pieces of rectangles as shown in Figure 1. He arranged the pieces to form a big rectangle as shown in Figure 2. What is the perimeter of the big rectangle in Figure 2?

Solution: