How to find the area of a square

To find the area of a square, we will use the following formula:

where l is the length and w is the width of the square.

Now, given the square

we can see the length is 5cm. Because it is a square, all sides are equal. Therefore, the width is also 5cm. So, we can substitute

To find the area of a rectangle, simply use the formula below:

A square has sides that are all equal. Area is length times width, and in the case of a square it is the side measurement times itself.

To solve, simply use the formula for the area of a square below.

Thus,

A square has four equal sides. The area of a square is found by the equation .

Write the formula for area of a square.

Substitute the side length.

The area of a square is equal to the length of one side multiplied by itself.

Since a square has four sides of the same length, you can divide its perimeter by to figure out the length of one of its sides: units. The area of a square can be calculated by multiplying two of its sides together, so the area of this square is units squared, because .

To find the area of the square, multiply the length of one side () by itself.

To solve for area, simply use the formula for finding area of a square.