Is 4 square cm simply 4 boxes where as 4cm squared is 16 boxes? Is that right?
2006-09-16 04:17:01 · 11 answers · asked by Put_ya_mitts_up 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
4 square cm = 4^2 cm = 16 cm
4 cm square = 4 cm^2
2006-09-16 04:20:22 · answer #1 · answered by Nirmal87 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As a layman I can say that they both have equal equation value, meaning both are having same result. No difference. However, I may be wrong as this has been asked in the "Maths" segment. But I all along believed that 4 square cm and 4cm squared are same.
2006-09-16 04:35:37 · answer #2 · answered by Hafiz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so.
square means to the power two.
4^2 cm =16 cm This is a length
(4cm)^2=16 * (cm to the power two.) This is an area
square: The product obtained when a number or quantity is multiplied by itself: 49 is the square of 7.
squared: To raise (a number or quantity) to the second power.
To find a square equal in area to (the area of a given figure).
2006-09-16 04:26:34 · answer #3 · answered by iyiogrenci 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
"4 cm squared" is an unfortunate frazing since there's a difference between
4 (cm squared) and
(4 cm) squared
Therefore you get conflicting answers.
4 square centimers is clear, as is
"a 4cm by 4cm square"
The latter is 16 square cm, or 16 cm^2.
cm^2 must be pronounced "square centimeters".
2006-09-16 04:59:08 · answer #4 · answered by helene_thygesen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2 TOTALLY DIFFERENT THINGS........
4 sq cm is AREA- A box 2cm on each side (or any multiple equalling 4)
4 cm squared is LINEAR.. A line 16 cm. long...
2006-09-16 04:52:27 · answer #5 · answered by bart4play 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Four square cm means an area equal to four squares of one centimeter by one centimeter.
Four centimeter square is a square with sides four centimeter each. Thus the area of a four centimeter square is sixteen square centimeter.
2006-09-16 04:22:18 · answer #6 · answered by curious 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they're absolutely the same. both 4 boxes.
2006-09-16 04:20:11 · answer #7 · answered by Moe A 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
NOTHING! 4 BOXES OF AREA! THEY ARE THE SAME! 1X4, 2X2, (1/2)X8, WHATEVER...
2006-09-16 13:55:09 · answer #8 · answered by Giovanni McAdoo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, that is correct.
2006-09-16 04:21:01 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
you are correct,
"yes"
2006-09-16 04:19:54 · answer #10 · answered by atheistforthebirthofjesus 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋