Math measurements

Question

A square pizza has an area of 64 square inches. What is the length of stuffed crust you will need to put around the pizza. Show your solution

Answer 1

Hey Max!

The question gives us a few valuable pieces of information. First, the pizza is a square, meaning all sides have to be the same length. The question also gives us the area of the square, 64 square inches.

The formula for the area of a square is Length * Width = Area (in square inches). However, we've already confirmed that the lengths of all four sides are equal. So if we substitute a variable for the length and width (Y):

Length x Width = Area

Length x Width = 64, Length = Width = Y

Y * Y = 64

(Y)^2 = 64

Squareroot (Y^2) = Square root (64)

Y = 8

Therefore, the length of each side of the square crust is 8 inches.