A quilt is made of 8 rows of squares, and there are 6 squares in each row. Each square measures 1 foot on a side. Explain how to find the area of the quilt in a square feet. Then write the area.

Step-by-step explanation:

The total number of rows of squares in the quilt is 8. Each row contains 6 squares.

Since each square measures 1 foot on a side, the area of each square would be 1^2 = 1 foot^2

This means that each row contains six 1 foot^2. Since there are 8 rows, a triangle would be formed such that one of its sides is

6 * 1 foot = = 6 feets and the other side would be

8 * 1 foot = 8 feets.

The area of the quilt in a square feet would be the area of the rectangle. It becomes

6 * 8 = 48 feets