Question

Gayle made a baby quilt using 24 equal squares. She wants to know the side length of one square.?

Answer 1

I got 3.375

Explanation:

13.5(area)/24(squares)

=0.5625

0.5625/4(sides)

=3.375

Answer 2

`L = (3)/(4) ft` side length of one square

Explanation:

the side lengths of the quilt is:

length = 4.5 ft

breadth = 3 ft

`Area  = length * breadth`

`Area = (4.5)(3)`

`Area = 13.5 ft^2`

We also know that the areas of all 24 squares add up to fill this area of 13.5
`ft^2` as well

Hence,

`Area = 24 * (square)`

`13.5 = 24 x square`

to find the area of one square just divide 13.5 by 24

`square = 0.5625 ft^2`

to find the side length of one square recall the area formula for a square.

`Area\,of\,square = L* L\,or\,L^2`

`0.5625 = L^2`

`L = √(0.5625)`

`L = (3)/(4) ft` length of side length of one square.

NOTE:

You can do this easily by dividing the side length of either side of the quilt by the number of squares on that side of the quilt.

`side\,length\,of\,one\,square = (side\,length\,of\,quilt)/(number\,of\,squares)`

`side\,length\,of\,one\,square = (4.5)/(6)`

`side\,length\,of\,one\,square = (3)/(4) ft`