Comparing and Evaluating Square Roots

Comparing and Evaluating Square Roots

Assessment

Interactive Video

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Mathematics

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6th - 8th Grade

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Hard

Created by

Thomas White

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This video tutorial covers various mathematical concepts for eighth-grade students. It begins with reasoning about square roots, explaining how to estimate the square roots of numbers like 37, 95, and 30. The tutorial then moves on to plotting numbers, including square roots and decimals, on a number line. It also discusses identifying irrational numbers from a list and using the Pythagorean theorem to find the side length of a triangle. The video further explores comparing large numbers and analyzing scatter plots to identify outliers.

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How can you determine that the square root of 37 is slightly more than 6?

By comparing it to the square roots of 16 and 49

By comparing it to the square roots of 25 and 49

By comparing it to the square roots of 36 and 49

By comparing it to the square roots of 25 and 36

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the approximate value of the square root of 95?

A little more than 9

A little more than 10

A little less than 10

Exactly 10

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Where would you plot the square root of 83 on a number line?

Between 8 and 9

Exactly at 9

Just to the right of 9

Just to the left of 9

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the square root of 64?

9

8

7

6

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is an irrational number?

2/3

Square root of 14

Negative square root of 100

Square root of 64

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is a rational number?

Square root of 2

Square root of 64

Pi

Negative square root of 99

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the side length of a square with an area of 13 square units?

Square root of 14

Square root of 12

Square root of 15

Square root of 13

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