A square measure 9 feet on a side. If each side of the square is increased by 3 feet, how many square feet are added to the area?

What are the steps in solving this math equation?

4 answers

find the area of the original square .....

your new square will be 12 by 12
find that new area.

by how much has the area increased ?
It doesn't say much about the area.
12x12 =144 would be the news area?
it asked "how many square feet are added to the area"
square feet are the units for area !