Maggie has a square piece of origami paper that has an area close to 200 cm2. What is a good approximation for the length of one side of her paper?

A.
50 cm

B.
8 cm

C.
14 cm

D.
20 cm

1 answer

C. 14 cm

To approximate the length of one side of the square paper, you can take the square root of the area. In this case, the square root of 200 cm^2 is approximately 14 cm.