Question
Nick’s garden is 14 feet long and 8 feet wide. Which statement explains how Nick can correctly calculate the area of his garden?
- Sum of 14 and 8
- Product of 14 and 8
- Sum of 8 and 14
- Product of 8 and 8
Hint:
Nick's garden will be in the form of the rectangle. The formula of the area of the rectangle is 
, where L is the length/base of the rectangle and B is the breadth/width of the rectangle.
The correct answer is: Product of 14 and 8
Nick's garden will be in the form of the rectangle. The formula of the area of the rectangle is , where L is the length/base of the rectangle and B is the breadth/width of the rectangle.
Step1: Calculating the area of the garden.
In this question we are given length of the garden = 
and width of the garden =
. By putting the values of length and width in the above formula of area of the rectangle we get,
Area =
=>
.
So, the area will be equal to the 
.
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