A square tile has a side 4 cm long. Use the appropriate formula model to find the area.

Question

A square tile has a side 4 cm long. Use the appropriate formula model to find the area. What is the area of the square? Include units with your answer.

 

Answer 1

Given information: Object in the question is a square.

 We know the length of the side of this square as 4 cm.

Area of square is Length X Length.

Therefore the area is equal to 4X4 = 16 (Answer).

Answer 2

Well, the area of a rectangle is the length of the base times the length of the height:

A= bh

Since a square is a special type of rectangle that has 4 sides equal in length, the area

is:  A = s*s or A = s² where s is the length of one of the sides of the square.

So, you have A = (4cm)(4cm) = 16 cm²

Answer 3

A = S²

 

A = 4^{2  _{= 16 cm}2}