The area of a square is the "length x width" but as these are equal we can put that the area = L2.....where L is the side length of the square.
If the value of the area is known then the square root of this figure provides the side length.
Example : Area = 36 sq cm, Length L = √36 = 6 cm.
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Divide the surface area by six. That will give you the area of one face, which will be a perfect square. The square root of that number will give you the length of a side. The cube of the side will be the volume.
Ah, what a happy little question! To find the area of a square, you simply multiply the length of one side by itself. So, for a 50cm square, you would calculate 50cm x 50cm to find the area, which is 2500 square centimeters. Just remember, there are no mistakes, only happy little accidents in math!
A square mile is a unit of area. If we have a square with each side one mile long, the square covers one square mile. A mile is a unit of length. Length has only one dimension while area is two dimensions.
The area of a parallelogram is equal to base times height. You can find the maximum area of a parallelogram by multiplying the length of a short side by the length of a long side. (This would be the area if the parallelogram were a rectangle.)You cannot know the area of a parallelogram if all you know is the length of the sides; you can only know the maximumpossible area. Imagine you slant the parallelogram a lot. The area will decrease, but the side lengths will stay the same.
If it's a circle or a square, no problem, but a rectangle can have different length & width but the same area eg 4 x 6, 3 x 8 or 2 x 12 which have respective perimeters of 20, 22 and 28.