Look at the square below:
What is the area of the square?
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Look at the square below:
What is the area of the square?
The area of the square is equal to the side of the square raised to the second power.
That is:
Since the drawing gives us one side of the square, and in a square all sides are equal, we will solve the area of the square as follows:
Look at the square below:
What is the area of the square?
Area measures the space inside the square. Think of it as counting unit squares that fit inside. A 2×2 square contains 4 unit squares, so the area is 4!
Area is the space inside (side × side). Perimeter is the distance around the outside (4 × side). For our square: Area = 4, Perimeter = 8.
Yes! For any square, the area formula is always A = L². Just identify the side length and square it. This works whether the side is 2, 5, or even 0.5!
Look carefully at the diagram. In a square, all four sides are equal. The diagram only needs to show one side length - use that same number for your calculation!
Yes! If the side length is less than 1 (like 0.5), then the area would be smaller: . But in this problem, side = 2, so area = 4.
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