Question

Keisaun was covering a square bulletin board with paper. One side of the bulletin board measure 3 feet. How much paper did he need?

Answer 1

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Answer: 9 square feet

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Given:
`\textsf{Keisaun needs to cover a square. One side is 3 feet}`

Find:
`\textsf{We need to find how much paper he needs}`

Solution: Using the information that was given to us we know that we need to determine the area of the square that Keisaun needs to cover. We know that the area formula for a square is side * side. We are also given the information that a single side of the board is measured to be 3 feet. Therefore, using that information we can plug the value into the square area formula and solve.

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  `\textsf{Area of a square = side * side}`

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  `\textsf{Area of a square = 3 feet * 3 feet}`

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  `\textsf{Area of a square = 9 feet}^2`

Therefore, the answer to the question would be that Keisaun would need 9 square feet of paper to cover the square bulletin board.