Pre-Algebra : Area of a Rectangle or Square
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Example Question #31 : Area Of A Rectangle Or Square
What is the area of a square with a side length of 
To find the area of a square, simply multiply the side length by itself. Because the side length of the square in question is 
Example Question #32 : Area Of A Rectangle Or Square
The short side of a rectangle measures 
To find the area of a rectangle, multiply the length of the long side by the length of the short side.
The best answer is:
Example Question #33 : Area Of A Rectangle Or Square
A rectangle measures 
To find the area of a rectangle, multiply the length of the long side by the length of the short side.
The best answer is:
Example Question #34 : Area Of A Rectangle Or Square
What is the area of a square with a side length of 
To find the area of a square, simply multiply the side length by itself. Because the side length of the square in question is 
Example Question #35 : Area Of A Rectangle Or Square
What is the area of a square with a side length of 
To find the area of a square, simply multiply the side length by itself. Because the side length of the square in question is 
Example Question #36 : Area Of A Rectangle Or Square
A rectangle measures 
To find the area of a rectangle, multiply the length of the long side by the length of the short side. The best answer is:
Example Question #37 : Area Of A Rectangle Or Square
A rectangle measures 
To find the area of a rectangle, multiply the length of the long side by the length of the short side. The best answer is:
Example Question #31 : Area
A table measures three feet by twenty feet. What is the area of the table?
To find the area of a rectangle, multiply the length of the long side by the length of the short side. The best answer is:
Example Question #32 : Area
A square table measures five and a half feet along its sides. What is its area?
To find the area of a square, simply multiply the side length by itself. Because the side length of the square in question is 
Example Question #40 : Area Of A Rectangle Or Square
Find the area of a rectangle with a width of 4cm and a length that is two times the width.
The formula for the area of a rectangle is
where l is the length of the rectangle, and w is the width.
We know the width of the rectangle is 4cm. The length is two times the width, so the length is 8cm. Now, we substitute. We get
Therefore, the area of the rectangle is
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