Question

Matt decides the length of his table will be 15 in. He calculates that the area of the table is 30 in. squared. Determine if Matt’s calculation is correct

Answer 1

Answer:No Matt's calculation is not correct.

Explanation:

We have to multiply by the number of the area.If it is 4 inches we multiply by 4

15 x 4 =60

A=4 inches squared

A=LxW (length x width )

so you can say that:

Matt is incorrect because He skipped the step of multiplying 2 by 2 in the formula which is where we get 4 from.