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I have two identical rectangles here,
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and I want to measure how much each of them,
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or how much space each of them takes up on the plane of my screen; The screen you
are looking at right now.
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And I want to do it using two different units.
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It is clear since they are two identical rectangles that they take up the exact, same
amount of space.
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They will have the same area.
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But what we can see is that we can measure that area using different units.
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So, first over here. Let's say, this figure is one foot in width.
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So, let's say that, it is one foot in width. So that is, one foot in width.

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And, it is also one foot in height. One foot in height.
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So, this right over here is equal to one square foot. It is clearly a square, it has the same
width and the same height.
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And each of these dimensions are one foot. So, we can call it 'one square foot'.
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So, let's see how many square feet we can get on to one of these rectangles.
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Essentially, what we will be measuring its area in terms of square feet.
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And, so we want to cover the entire space without overlapping, and without going over
the boundaries.
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So, that is: One...Two...Three...Four...Five...and Six.
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Six in that first row. And then I have: Seven...Eight...Nine...Ten...Eleven...and Twelve.
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So that looks like this area, which is the same as this area down here, if I were to
measure in square feet it is equal to...
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The area is equal to (let me write this down)...The area is equal to, we have (let me write
it down):
One...Two...Three...Four...Five...Six...Seven...Eight...Nine...Ten...Eleven...Twelve
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square feet.
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12 square feet.
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Now, I am going to try to measure that same area in a different unit.
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And I am going to make-up this unit.
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I am going to call it a: "Furgle."
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And a "Furgle" in one-dimension is twice a foot. And this (that) distance over here I am
going to call a: "Furgle."
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That is one "furgle." This is something that I made up just for the purposes of this video.

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Most people will not recognize what a furgle is.
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So, its height is one "furgle" and its width is one "furgle."
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And so we can say that this is, one square "furgle."
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One square "furgle." So, let's see how many square "furgles" is this area. That same
area that is 12 square feet.
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So, let me copy and paste this. So, let me, copy...and then paste.
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So let's see, we can get one square"furgle" on there,
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another square furgle on there
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and we can get a third square "furgle" on there!
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So, we get one...two...three square furgles.

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The area of this figure in "furgles," square "furgles" I should say: The area is three
square "furgles."
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So it's the same exact area. Three square "furgles" is equal to twelve square feet.
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Covering the exact same area.
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And, what I encourage you to think about is:
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How many square feet make a square "furgle"?