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Yes because 1 foot = 12 inches

A square with an area of 1 square foot is 1 foot (long) by 1 foot (wide). Since a foot is 12 inches, the square area would be 12 inches long by 12 inches wide. If we filled the whole 12 inch by 12 inch box with little 1 inch by 1 inch boxes, we would have 144 little 1 square inch boxes.

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  • 12 inches x 12 inches = 144 inchesinches or 144 inches squared or 144 square inches.
It does not have to be the shape of a square. if we arranged the 144 square inches in a box 6 inches by 24 inches (6 x 24 = 144) or a box 8 inches by 18 inches (8 x 18 = 144 or 2 inches by 72 inches (2 x 72 = 144) or even line of 1 inches by 144 inches (1 x 144 =144), they all are 144 square inches or 1 square foot. Even 1/2 inch by 288 inches or 1/4 inch by 576 inches has an area of 1 square foot.
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