Question

Katrina wants to make a cover for her laptop to fit into her bag in order to protect it. She measured the top of her laptop and found it was 57,000 mm2. “No one sells covers using square millimeters,” her friend noted. Describe the area of the top of Katrina’s laptop using square centimeters.​

Answer 1

To convert square millimeters to square centimeters, we need to divide the area in square millimeters by 100 (since there are 100 square millimeters in a square centimeter).

So, the area of the top of Katrina's laptop in square centimeters would be:

57,000 mm² ÷ 100 = 570 cm²

Therefore, the area of the top of Katrina's laptop in square centimeters is 570 cm².