CMS Squares and Square Roots

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What is a square?

Back

A square is a polygon with four equal sides and four right angles.

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How do you find the area of a square?

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The area of a square is found by squaring the length of one of its sides (Area = side × side).

Front

What is the relationship between the area of a square and its side length?

Back

The side length of a square is the square root of its area.

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What is a perfect square?

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A perfect square is a number that can be expressed as the square of an integer.

Front

What is the square of 15?

Back

225

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What is the square root of 289?

Back

17

Front

If the area of a square is 36 cm², what is the length of one side?

Back

6 cm

Front

How do you evaluate a square root?

Back

To evaluate a square root, find a number that, when multiplied by itself, gives the original number.

Front

What is the formula for finding the area of a square?

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Area = side².

Front

Which of the following is a perfect square: 39, 6, 50, 81?

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81 is a perfect square.