Question

Jaime drew a square that has sides that are whole numbers of centimeters. Which could not be the area of Jaime's square? A. 25cm2 B. 36cm2 C. 50cm2 D. 64cm2

Answer 1

area = S^2

 since a whole number was used

take the square root of the possible answers:

 sqrt(25) = 5

sqrt(36) = 6

 sqrt 50 = 7.07

sqrt(64) = 8

 since sqrt 50 isn't a whole number, that would be the answer