Different things have different shapes, so you can't use the same technique on everything. Measure the surface area of a cube is not done the same way as measuring the surface area of a sphere, and measuring the surface area of an irregularly shaped object is another matter entirely. In the simplest case, which is a rectangle, you simply multiply the length by the width. 5 inches x 7 inches = 35 square inches.
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An inch is a unit of distance. A square foot is a unit of area. The two units are therefore incompatible.
you square root it. on the calculater there is a kind of bus shelter sign press that to get the square of something.
If each side is 94 inches then its area is 94 times 94 = 8836 square inches
You can do one of the following to calculate this: 1) Convert inches to feet. Then multiply to get the area in square feet. 2) Multiply first, to get the area, but this time in square inches. Divide the square inches by 144 to convert to square feet.
There are 144 five-inch squares in a 36-inch square. You can calculate this by dividing the area of the larger square (36 * 36 = 1296 square inches) by the area of the smaller square (5 * 5 = 25 square inches) to determine how many small squares can fit inside the larger square.