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 how many unit squares fit inside the shape. A 30×30 square contains 30 rows with 30 squares each, giving us unit squares total!
Perimeter is the distance around the outside (4 × 30 = 120 units). Area is the space inside the square ( square units). Don't mix them up!
Yes! The formula works for any square, no matter how big or small. Just substitute your side length for s.
The same formula applies! For example, if the side is 2.5 units, then square units. Just be careful with your decimal multiplication.
Think "side times side" for area. Since both dimensions are the same in a square, you're multiplying the side by itself, which is squaring!
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