SSAT Elementary Level Math : How to find the area of a square

Study concepts, example questions & explanations for SSAT Elementary Level Math

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Example Questions

Example Question #21 : How To Find The Area Of A Square

Find the area of the square shown below:

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Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

A square has sides that are all equal. Area is length times width, and in the case of a square it is the side measurement times itself.  

Example Question #22 : Geometry

Use the following to answer the question.

Square2

Find the area of the square.

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the area of a square, we use the following formula:

where l is the width and w is the width of the square.

 

If we look at the square

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we can see the width is 7in.  Because it is a square, we know that all sides are equal.  Therefore, the length is also 7in.  Knowing this, we can substitute into the formula.  We get

Example Question #22 : Squares

Use the following square to answer the question:

Square4

Find the area.

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the area of a square, we will use the following formula:

where l is the length and w is the width of the square.

 

Now, let's look at the square.

Square4

We can see the width of the square is 2in.  Because it is a square, all sides are equal.  Therefore, the length is also 2in.

Knowing this, we can substitute into the formula.  We get

Example Question #23 : Squares

Use the following square to solve the problem:

Square1

Find the area.

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the area of a square, we will use the following formula:

where l is the length and w is the width of the square.

 

Now, given the square

Square1

we can see the length is 5cm.  Because it is a square, all sides are equal.  Therefore, the width is also 5cm.  So, we can substitute

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