Question: 1. Liam is building a garden with six sides. Two sides are each 2 feet long and two sides are each 3 1/2 feet long.

1. Liam is building a garden with six sides. Two sides are each 2 feet long and two sides are each 3 1/2 feet long. The two longest sides are the same length as each other. The perimeter of the garden is 7 yards. What is the length of the longest sides?

2. Gloria's sheet of paper is 8 1/2 inches wide and 11 inches long. Teri's sheet of paper is 7 3/4 inches wide by 9 1/2 inches long. Whose paper has the longest perimeter? How much longer is that sheet's perimeter?

3. A builder is pouring a cement floor for a rectangular garden shed. The perimeter of the floor is 12.5 meters. The shed is 3.5 meters long. What is it's width?

4. A factory is making square cushions that have beading around the four edges. Each cushion is a 12-inch square. The beading on a cushion must be one piece with no joints. There are 27 yards of beading left on the roll. How many cushions can be completed with the beading on that roll?

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