Jane wants to find the length of the side of a square plot of 14 acres.

Question

Jane wants to find the length of the side of a square plot of 14 acres. One acre is 43,560 square feet. She took the square root of 43,560 and multiplied her answer by 14. Is she correct? Explain.

Answer 1

No.

 

first, calculate 14 * 43,560 to get # of sq. ft. in 14 acres.

 

Then take square root.