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7 Find Square Roots and Compare Numbers

LT 2.7.1: Find square roots. LT 2.7.2: Classify rational and irrational numbers. Vocabulary 1. Square Root 2. Radicand 3. Perfect Square 4. Irrational Number 5. Real Number

Words: If b2 = a, then ________ is a square root of __________. Numbers: 52 = 25 and (-5)2 = 25, so ____________ and ____________ are square roots of 25.

Example 1. Evaluate each expression. a. 16 b. - 36 c. 25

Example 2. Tell whether each of the following numbers is a real number, an irrational number, an integer, or a whole number.
Number Real Number? Rational Number? Irrational Number? Integer? Whole Number?

Example 3. Order the numbers from least to greatest: 16, 5 , 4 , 2 3, 6

First, graph the numbers on a number line:

Write the numbers from left to right:

Evaluate the expression: 1. 100 2. 1 3. 24

Is the number real, rational, irrational, an integer, or whole? 4. 50 5. 0 6. -