Look at the square below:
What is the area of the square equivalent to?
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Look at the square below:
What is the area of the square equivalent to?
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?
A square's area is length × width, and since all sides are equal, it becomes side × side = side². Think of it as counting unit squares that fit inside!
Area measures the space inside (units²), while perimeter measures the distance around the outside (units). For this square: Area = 196, Perimeter = 56.
Think "A square gets squared!" The word square in the shape name reminds you to use the square operation (exponent 2).
The same formula works! For example, if side = 2.5, then Area = . Just be careful with your decimal calculations.
Absolutely! Use the x² button or multiply the number by itself. For 14: either press 14 then x², or calculate 14 × 14.
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