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SQUARES

AND SQUARE
ROOTS
SQUARING A NUMBER
It means to raise a number to the second power.

Examples:
= 5 * 5 = 25
= 9 * 9 = 81
= 10 * 10 = 100
SQUARE ROOTS
In mathematics, a square root of a number x is
a number y such that y2 = x; in other words, a
number y whose square (the result of
multiplying the number by itself, or y ⋅ y) is x.
RADICAL SIGN
The sign √͞ or √ placed
before an expression to
denote that the square root is
to be extracted or that the
root marked by an index (as
in ∛ or ∛ for the cube root)
is to be extracted.
Sometimes you will see the radical sign with a small
number outside of the "v" part. This number is called
the index.

Other times you will see the radical sign


without the index. When there is no index,
it is always assumed to be "2", which
indicates the "square root" of a number.
There will always be a
number or an expression
under the radical sign.
This number or
expression is called
the radicand.
The square root of a number is the
number you can multiply by itself to
give you that number. Thus,
=11 because 11 * 11 =121
 because 12 * 12 = 144
 because 20 * 20 = 400
 because 1 * 1 = 1
PERFECT SQUARE
A perfect square is perfect because its
square root is a whole number.
Example:

81 is a perfect square because is 9.


NON-PERFECT SQUARE
A non - perfect square is a number
whose square is not a whole number.
Example:

45 is a non - perfect square because is


6.7082039325.
Get the square root of the following:

169
196
49
64

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