The perimeter of the square is 16 cm. From four such squares they made a new square.

The perimeter of the square is 16 cm. From four such squares they made a new square. Find the perimeter of the new square.

Let us first recall that the square consists of four identical sides.

The perimeter is the sum of all four sides of a square.

Let’s calculate the length of one side of the square with a perimeter of 16 cm.To do this, we need:

1) 16 cm / 4 sides = 4 cm – the length of one side of the square.

If we add together four of the same squares with sides of 4 cm, then one side of the new square will be equal to:

2) 4 cm + 4 cm = 8 cm.

And the perimeter of the new square will be:

3) 8 cm * 4 sides = 32 cm.

To summarize: the perimeter is 32 cm.