Test Outline – Square Roots and Surface Area Test Wednesday, October 6, 2010

You’ll see questions like this on our test:

1. (3) Questions that you have to answer in words, like “What is the difference
between a non-perfect square and a perfect square?”
2. (2) Taking square roots of fractions and decimals that are perfect squares
3. (2) Taking square roots of whole numbers that are perfect squares
4. (2) Deciding whether a fraction or decimal is a perfect square
5. (2) Finding a number if you know the square root.
6. (2) Finding the side length of a square if you know the area
7. (2) Placing square roots on a number line
8. (4) Finding squares or square roots between two numbers

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9. (4) Using Pythagor s’ Theorem to find sides of triangles
10. (3) Finding surface area of shapes made from cubes
11. (6) Determining surface area of composite objects

The number in brackets at the beginning is approximately how many marks will be given
for that question.