The area of the square is 4 cm2 to color its 4th part. How much is it colored? What is the area of the uncolored part?

The area of the filled square (one fourth of the given) is defined as follows: 4: 4 = 1 (cm2). In other words, we divide the area of the big square into four parts and we get the area of each of the four squares.

Thus, in order to determine the area of the unpainted figure, that is (3 remaining squares), it is necessary to subtract the area of the filled one from the area of the large square. Or add the areas of three small squares: 4 – 1 = 1 + 1 + 1 = 3 (cm2).

Answer: 1 cm2, 3 cm2.