A ruler has a division of 1mm. You use the ruler to measure a piece of paper. You find that it is 7.4 cm wide and 8.3 cm long. What is the area of the piece of paper?

Explanation:

Given the dimension of a paper measured by a ruler as 7.4 cm wide and 8.3 cm long, the area of the paper is expressed using the area for calculating the area of a rectangle as shown;

Area of the piece of paper = Length * Width

Given length = 7.4cm

Length = 74mm (Since 10mm = 1cm)

Width = 8.3cm

Width (in mm) = 83mm

We converted to mm since the ruler used to measure has a division of 1mm.

Substituting the given values into the formula, we will have:

Area of the piece of paper = 74mm * 83mm

Area of the piece of paper = 6,142mm²

Hence, the area of the piece of paper is 6,142mm²