Square Roots Word Problems

A square coffee table has an area of 196 square inches. What is the length of the coffee table?

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You have a square flower garden that has an area of 400 square yards. What is the length of one side of the garden?

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A square desktop has an area of 324 square inches. What is the length of the desktop?

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You want to carpet a square room that has an area of 144 feet. What is the length of one side of the room?

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You are going to decorate one wall of your bedroom by putting border along the top. The wall is a square wall with an area of 256 square feet. What is the length of the border that you need for the top of this wall?

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A rancher divided his land into square sections. One large section has an area of 112 square miles. To the nearest tenth of a mile, what is the length of one side of this tract of land?

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The area of a square is 117 square meters. Which best represents the length of a side of the square? 

• 10.8 m

• 11 m

• 10 m

• 11.2 m

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A miniature portrait of George Washington is square and has an area of 169 square centimeters. How long is each side of the portrait?

• 16

• 13

• 14

• 15

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Tate is planning to put a square garden with an area of 289 square feet in his back yard. What will be the length of each side of the garden?

• 17

• 16

• 15

• 13

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Rosy wants a large picture window put in the living room of her new house. The window is to be square with an area of 49 square feet. How long should each side of the window be?

• 6

• 4.9

• 7

• 5

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