How to find the area of a square - SSAT Elementary Level Quantitative
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Find the area of a square with side length 3.
Find the area of a square with side length 3.
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To find the area of a rectangle, simply use the formula below:
To find the area of a rectangle, simply use the formula below:
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Find the area of a square whose side length is 0.1.
Find the area of a square whose side length is 0.1.
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To solve, simply use the formula for the area of a square below.
Thus,
To solve, simply use the formula for the area of a square below.
Thus,
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What is the area of a square with sides 13 inches long?
What is the area of a square with sides 13 inches long?
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The area of a square can be found by multiplying the length of a side by itself:
The area of a square can be found by multiplying the length of a side by itself:
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What is the area of a square that has a side measuring 1 inch in length?
What is the area of a square that has a side measuring 1 inch in length?
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A square has four equal sides. The area of a square is found by the equation 
.
A square has four equal sides. The area of a square is found by the equation
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What is the area of a square that has a side measuring 3 inches in length?
What is the area of a square that has a side measuring 3 inches in length?
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A square has four equal sides. The area of a square is found by the equation 
.
A square has four equal sides. The area of a square is found by the equation
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What is the area of the square?
What is the area of the square?
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To find the area of this square, simply square the side length:
To find the area of this square, simply square the side length:
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What is the AREA of the square in the figure?
What is the AREA of the square in the figure?
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Because the question asks you to find the AREA of the square, you are looking to figure out how much space the square covers. You find the area of squares by multiplying the length of the square times the width. So 
, or 
Therefore the correct answer is 100 cm.
Because the question asks you to find the AREA of the square, you are looking to figure out how much space the square covers. You find the area of squares by multiplying the length of the square times the width. So
Therefore the correct answer is 100 cm.
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A square has a perimeter of 
units. What is the area of the square?
A square has a perimeter of
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Since a square has four sides of the same length, you can divide its perimeter by 
to figure out the length of one of its sides: 
units. The area of a square can be calculated by multiplying two of its sides together, so the area of this square is 
units squared, because 
.
Since a square has four sides of the same length, you can divide its perimeter by
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What is the area of the square?
What is the area of the square?
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To find the area of a square, multiply one side by itself.
To find the area of a square, multiply one side by itself.
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Find the area of a square whose side length is 4.
Find the area of a square whose side length is 4.
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To solve for area, simply use the formula for finding area of a square.
To solve for area, simply use the formula for finding area of a square.
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What is the area of the square?
What is the area of the square?
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The area of a square is equal to the length of one side multiplied by itself.
The area of a square is equal to the length of one side multiplied by itself.
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What is the area of the square?
What is the area of the square?
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To find the area of a square, simply multiply the length of one side by itself!
To find the area of a square, simply multiply the length of one side by itself!
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What is the area of the above square?
What is the area of the above square?
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To find the area of the square, multiply the length of one side (
) by itself.
To find the area of the square, multiply the length of one side (
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Find the area of a square with a side of 
.
Find the area of a square with a side of
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Write the formula for area of a square.
Substitute the side length.
Write the formula for area of a square.
Substitute the side length.
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Why is this shape a square?
Why is this shape a square?
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A square has 4 equal sides.
A square has 4 equal sides.
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What is the area of a square with the length of 
?
What is the area of a square with the length of
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Write the formula for area of a square.
Plug in the side length.
Write the formula for area of a square.
Plug in the side length.
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Find the area of a square whose side length is 7.
Find the area of a square whose side length is 7.
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To solve, simply use the formula for the area of a square. Thus,
where s=side length.
To solve, simply use the formula for the area of a square. Thus,
where s=side length.
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If a square has one side of 
, what is the area of the whole square?
If a square has one side of
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To find the area of a square, you square the length of its sides or multiply it by itself.
Since the length is 
, the answer would be 
.
Remember area always has square units.
To find the area of a square, you square the length of its sides or multiply it by itself.
Since the length is
Remember area always has square units.
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Find the area of a square with side length 9.
Find the area of a square with side length 9.
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To solve, simply use the formula for the area of a square. Thus,
As similarly stated in a prior problem in this set, if it helps you to envision smaller squares and adding them up for volume, thats perfectly ok! Some students also find success in knowing that area is two dimensions, and so you must multiply two variables together, in this case squaring the s.
To solve, simply use the formula for the area of a square. Thus,
As similarly stated in a prior problem in this set, if it helps you to envision smaller squares and adding them up for volume, thats perfectly ok! Some students also find success in knowing that area is two dimensions, and so you must multiply two variables together, in this case squaring the s.
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Find the area of a square with side length 4.
Find the area of a square with side length 4.
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To solve, simply use the formula for the area of a square. Thus,
If you have trouble remembering the formula, draw out a picture to help understand what you are looking for. Add up all of the internal squares and you should come up with 16 as well.
To solve, simply use the formula for the area of a square. Thus,
If you have trouble remembering the formula, draw out a picture to help understand what you are looking for. Add up all of the internal squares and you should come up with 16 as well.
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