Question

Find the area of a square plot of side 8 m.

Answer 1

Hint: Square is a regular quadrilateral having all the sides and angles equal. Length of the side of the square plot is given as 8 m. So, use the below mentioned formula of area of a square to find the area of the square plot.
Area of a square with side s is $ {s^2} $ square units.

Complete step-by-step answer:
If a figure is both a rectangle and a rhombus, then we can call it a square. Length and breadth of a rectangle are not equal, only opposite sides are equal whereas when length and breadth (all the sides) are equal, then the rectangle is considered as a square. Units of area should always be square units like square metres or square centimetres. All the four interior angles of a square are right angles.
We are given to find the area of a square plot of side 8 m.

The above figure represents the square plot with length of side as 8 m.
Area of the square plot is $ {s^2} $ , the value of s is 8 m.
Therefore, the area of the square plot is $ {8^2} = 64\;{m^2} $ or 64 square metres.
So, the correct answer is “64 square metres”.

Note: All squares are rectangles, but all rectangles are not squares. Perimeter is the distance around the shape or the measure of its borders whereas area is the space inside the shape. Do not confuse between the perimeter and area of a figure. Perimeter and area of a square are equal when the side length is 4 units.