How to find the area and perimeter of a figure?

area is the length multiplied by the width the perimeter is the length + width+length+width.

The perimeter is the length of the outline of a shape. To find the perimeter of a rectangle or square you have to add the lengths of all the four sides. x is in this case the length of the rectangle while y is the width of the rectangle.

Perimeter: add all of the sides

Area: multiply length by width