Questions: A rectangular field is 0.45 kilometers long and 0.4 kilometers wide. What is the area of the field in square meters? Do not round your answer.
m^2
Conversion facts for length
1000 millimeters (mm) = 1 meter (m)
Transcript text: A rectangular field is 0.45 kilometers long and 0.4 kilometers wide. What is the area of the field in square meters? Do not round your answer.
$\square$
$\mathrm{m}^{2}$
\begin{tabular}{|r|}
\hline Conversion facts for length \\
\hline 1000 millimeters $(\mathrm{mm})$
\end{tabular}$=1$ meter $(\mathrm{m})$
Solution
Solution Steps
Step 1: Convert Kilometers to Meters
The dimensions of the rectangular field are given in kilometers. To find the area in square meters, we first need to convert these dimensions to meters.