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Perimeter The measuring and calculation to The boundaries of a shape is called perimeter. How can I identify the perimeter of a shape ? We carefully measure the lengths or the length and width of a shape add them together; When measuring  perimeter we measure the outer part which is called the path or boundaries  of the shape. We can find the perimeter by adding the measurements of all sides. If it is a shape where all sides are equal we can either add all sides or multiply. EXAMPLE THE SUARE: A square has four (4) equal sides, instead of  adding  all  four sides you multiply one side by 4 .The  unit of measurements for perimeter are inches, meters(m) and centimeters(cm) we should always remember that  after putting our total which is the perimeter of the shape  we should always put the