The diagram at right is made up of Base Ten Blocks. Use the diagram to answer the following questions. 

1. Find the area and perimeter of the shape.

   Hint (a):

   The area is the space inside the drawing.The perimeter is the length around the edges.

2. Draw a Base Ten Block shape with a value of $126$ using the fewest number of blocks possible. Find the perimeter of the shape that you drew.

   Hint (b):

   There are $9$ blocks if you use the fewest blocks possible.