Its area is: 1 times 1 = 1 square cm
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1 square centimetre
Square centimeter, a unit of area: the area equivalent to a square that has a side length of 1 cm.
The units are squared not the answer, and the reason why is because in order to find the area of 1 cm * 1 cm = 1*1+cm*cm=1 cm^2. The area is the length of one pair of sides multiplied by the perpendicular distance between them.
A square with a side length of 2 cm has an area of 4 square cm.
Area of square with 12.5 cm sides is 12.5 times 12.5 = 156.25 square cm