Question

One hectometer is 100 meters, find the area of a one-acre lot is square hectometers. (note 1 meter=3.28ft and one acre=43,560ft^2)

Answer 1

first change the one acre to ft^2 what do you have?

Answer 2

the acre is already in ft^2

Answer 3

and what is it?

Answer 4

the one acre=43,560 ft^2

Answer 5

good 43 560 is the area of the square...find the side..how do you think you can do that?

Answer 6

i think the side is 208.71 i just squared root the 43560

Answer 7

good 208.71 ft is the side of the square...now convert it to meters by dbviding by 3.28

Answer 8

okay i got 63.63

Answer 9

good that's 63.63 m now convert to hectometers by dividing by 100

Answer 10

okay that is 0..6363

Answer 11

good .6363 hm is the side so square it to find your area

Answer 12

i got 0.4049 is that the area of the one-acre lot?

Answer 13

yup