Question

The rectangles base is 4cm and the height is 10cm. What is the area of the rectangle?

Answer 1

Answer: 40 square cm

Explanation:

The area of a rectangle is found by using the equation: A = base * height. Length and width can be shortened to the variables b and h, and this is where we substitute information from the equation, which allows us to mathematically solve the problem. It is easiest to create a list of what we know and what we must find.

A = ??

B = 4cm

h = 10cm

Now, substitute and solve!

A = 4 cm * 10 cm

A = 40 square cm

Hope this helps! *other common names for base and height are length and width, you may hear this in future problems :)*

Answer 2

The area of a rectangle is given by the formula A = base x height.

In this case, the base of the rectangle is 4 cm and the height is 10 cm.

Therefore, the area of the rectangle is:

A = 4 cm x 10 cm
A = 40 cm^2

So, the area of the rectangle is 40 square centimeters.