Question

Which has the greater area: a 6‐centimeter by 4 1/2‐centimeter rectangle or a square with a side that measures 5 centimeters?

How much more area does that figure have?

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has the greater area.

Its area is
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square centimeters greater.

Answer 1

The 6-centimeter by 4 1/2-centimeter rectangle has the greater area.

Its area is 27 square centimeters greater.