1.1 Square Roots of Perfect Squares
square number ﴾perfect square﴿:
a number that can be written as a power with an rational base and exponent 2;
for example, What is a square root?
square root: a number which, when multiplied by
itself, results in a given number; for example,
5 is a square root of 25
Squaring and taking the square root are opposite,or inverse, operations.
What does it look like if we draw it?
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The side length of a square is the square root of its area.
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What is
What is
What is a perfect square?
perfect square: a number that is the square of a
number; for example, 16 is a perfect square
because Is 0.16 a perfect square?
What is
Is that a perfect square?
Factors must have terminating or repeating decimals. ie: a rational number
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