Area, SM-Bank 077 Vlad has a giant chess board that has an area of 4 square metres. What is the area of the chess board in square centimetres? (2 marks) --- 4 WORK AREA LINES (style=lined) --- Show Answers Only \(40\ 000\ \text{square centimetres}\) Show Worked Solution \(\text{Strategy 1 (convert square metres):}\) \(\text{1 m}^{2} = 100\ \text{cm}\ \times 100\ \text{cm}\ = 10\ 000\ \text{cm}^{2}\) \(\text{Side length}\ =\sqrt{4} =2\ \text{m}\) \(\text{Area}\ =2^2 = 4\ \text{m}\ = 4 \times 10\ 000 = 40\ 000\ \text{cm}^{2}\) \(\text{Strategy 2 (convert sides to centimetres):}\) \(\text{Side length}\ =\sqrt{4} =2\ \text{m}\ = 200\ \text{cm}\) \(\text{Area}\ =200^2 = 40\ 000\ \text{square centimetres}\)