Basic Geometry : Squares

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Example Questions

Example Question #11 : How To Find The Area Of A Square

A square garden has sides that are  feet long. In square feet, what is the area of the garden?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Use the following formula to find the area of a square:

For the given square,

Example Question #41 : Squares

In square meters, find the area of a square that has a side length of  meter.

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Use the following formula to find the area of a square:

For the given square,

Example Question #42 : Squares

Jennifer wants to put down carpet on her bedroom floor that is a square with side lengths of  feet. In square feet, how much carpet is needed?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Use the following formula to find the area of a square:

For the given square,

Example Question #43 : Squares

In square feet, find the area of a square that has side lengths of  feet,

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Use the following formula to find the area of a square:

For the given square,

Example Question #44 : Squares

In square inches, find the area of a square that has side lengths of  inches.

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Use the following formula to find the area of a square:

For the given square,

Example Question #295 : Quadrilaterals

In square inches, find the area of a square that has side lengths of  inches.

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Use the following formula to find the area of a square:

For the given square,

Recall that when a square root is squared you are left with the number under the square root sign. This happens because when you square a number you are multiplying it by itself. In our case this is,

.

From here we can use the property of multiplication and radicals to rewrite our expression as follows,

and when there are two numbers that are the same under a square root sign you bring out one and the other number and square root sign go away.

Example Question #16 : How To Find The Area Of A Square

Find the area of a square that has side lengths of .

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Use the following formula to find the area of a square:

For the given square,

When multiplying decimals together first move the decimal over so that the number is a whole integer.

Now we multiple the integers together.

From here, we need to move the decimal place back. In this particular problem we moved the decimal over one time for each number for a total of two decimal places.

Therefore our answer becomes,

Example Question #18 : How To Find The Area Of A Square

In square units, find the area of a square that has side lengths of  units.

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Use the following formula to find the area of a square:

For the given square,

When squarring a fraction we need to square both the numerator and the denominator.

Example Question #296 : Quadrilaterals

In square units, find the area of the square with side lengths  units.

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Use the following formula to find the area of a square:

For the given square,

When squarring a fraction we need to square both the numerator and the denominator.

Example Question #297 : Quadrilaterals

In square units, find the area of the square with side length  units.

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Use the following formula to find the area of a square:

For the given square,

When multiplying decimals together first move the decimal over so that the number is a whole integer.

Now we multiple the integers together.

From here, we need to move the decimal place back. In this particular problem we moved the decimal over one time for each number for a total of two decimal places.

Therefore our answer becomes,

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