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A square has an area of 196 square inches and I'd made up of four small squares . What is the side length of a small square

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Answer: The area of each small square is 49 square inches, and the side length is 7 square inches.

Explanation:

We know that the area of all 4 squares is equal to 196 square inches. To find the area of each box, we must divide it by 4. We divide it by 4 because there are 4 boxes. We know that 196 divided by 4 is 49.

Know we need to know what two numbers times each other equals 49. Now remember, to find an area of a square, you need to multiply the length by the length. Also, keep in mind that squares have equal lengths on each side, so both factors have to be the same.

6 times 6 equals 36, but that is that is too low.

7 times 7 equals 49, and that checks our boxes! It has the same two factors and its product is 49.

Now we know that 7 is the side of each length! Be sure to add the unit of measurement, which, in our case, is square inches.

Fun Fact

Did you know that 7 is the square root of 49, which is a perfect square?

A perfect square is a number that can be expressed as the product of an integer multiplied by itself.

This really just means that any number times itself creates a perfect square.

A square root is a value that, when multiplied by itself, gives the original number.

7 is a square root of 49 because it is a value that when multiplied by itself, gives us the original number, 49!

I hope this helped and hopefully, you will be at the top of the class. Keep thriving!

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the small squares side lengh is 49
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