If one side of a square is 5 units, what is the area of the square?
4 Answers
samhouston | Middle School Teacher | (Level 1) Associate Educator
The formula for the area of a square is:
A = s^2
where A represents the area and s represents the length of a side.
You are given that the side is 5 units long. Therefore s = 5. Substitute 5 in for s in the formula and solve.
A = 5^2
A = 25
Answer: 25 square units
justaguide | College Teacher | (Level 2) Distinguished Educator
The area of a rectangle, which is a quadrilateral with 4 sides, the opposite sides being parallel and the adjacent sides being perpendicular is given by the product of the length and the width. A square is a special type of rectangle with the length equal to the width.
The area of a square is therefore s*s, where s is the length of the side. Here the length of the side of the square is 5 units. The area of the square is 5*5 = 25 square units.
The required area of the square is 25 square units.
Ashley Kannan | Middle School Teacher | (Level 3) Distinguished Educator
In determining the area of a square, one need only figure out the length of one side to fulfill the conditions of the formula, which is width times height.
By definition, a square consists of four equal sides. This would mean that the formula for the area of a square consists of "squaring" the sides. If one side is five, then the other side, by definition, also has to be five.
In this light, take the 5 units and then "square" it, meaning to raise it to the second power. This results in 5 ^2. This equals 25.
Therefore, the area of this square would be 25 total units.
giorgiana1976 | College Teacher | (Level 3) Valedictorian
The lengths of the sides of a square are equal, therefore all sides of the squares measure 5 units.
The area of a square is:
A = l^2
Since l = 5 units, the area of the square is:
A = 5^2
A = 25 square units
Therefore, the requested area of the square is of 25 square units.