each square on olivia's chessboard is 11 square centimeters. a chessboard has 8 squares on each side. what is the width of olivia's chessboard?

3 answers

The square root of 11 is 3.317 cm. So each square measures 3.317 cm on a side.

8 * 3.317 = 26.536 cm
or
the area of the whole board = 11(64) = 704 cm^2
the side is √704 = appr 26.533 cm
26.9978