Question

Priya decomposed a square into 16 smaller, equal-size squaresnand then cut out 4 of the small squares and attached them around the outside of original square to make a new figure.How does the area of her new figure compare with that of the original square?A. The area of the new figure is greaterB. The two figures have the same areaC. The area of the original square is greater

Answer 1

The area of the original square is 16 square unit assuming the area of each square being equal to 1 square units.

The area of the new figure can be determined as,

$\begin{gathered} \text{Area}=16-4+4 \\ =16 \end{gathered}$

Thus, option (B) is correct.