Question

A game board is made of felt cloth. Every small square on the game board has sides of length 2 inches, as shown below.

http://s1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc513/wattpadbookcoverstry/Math/?action=view¤t=image0024e5f948a.jpg

What is the area of the felt cloth required to make the game board?

512 in2

640 in2

320 in2

256 in2

Answer 1

You need to know the total length and width / height of the board. Then use the area equation.
Area = Length x Width.

Example:
So if you have a 4 square length and a 6 square width, with 2 inch sides each
Your length would be 8 inches (4*2) and width of 12 (6*2)
Area = 8*12
Area = 96.

So, go back to your image, what's do you come up with?

Answer 2

@PsychoTink

2 times 2?

Answer 3

I'm not sure what you mean by that, but that would only be if the board was one square big. It's bigger than that.
Start by counting how many squares there are in each direction. What does that give you?