If one side of a square is 5 units, what is the area of the square?

In determining the area of a square, one need only figure
out the length of one side to fulfill the conditions of the formula, which is width
times height.

By definition, a square consists of four
equal sides.  This would mean that the formula for the area of a square consists of
"squaring" the sides. If one side is five, then the other side, by definition, also has
to be five.

In this light, take the 5 units and then
"square" it, meaning to raise it to the second power.  This results in 5 ^2.  This
equals 25.

Therefore, the area of this square would be 25
total units.