Answer:
a × a × a ×a
Explanation:
Area is measured in "square" units. The area of a figure is the number of squares required to cover it completely, like tiles on a floor.
Area of a square = side times side. Since each side of a square is the same, it can simply be the length of one side squared.
square has one side of 4 inches, the area would be 4 inches times 4 inches, or 16 square inches.