Question

One side of a square is 10 units. Which is greater, the number of square units for the area of the square or the number of units for the perimeter? Explain.

Answer 1

The area of the square is 100 square inches (10*10)<
and perimeter is 40 inches (10+10+10+10 or 10*4).

100>40

Answer 2

To find the area of a square it is 10x10=100 units and to find perimeter it is 10x4=40 units so the area is larger