The Area of a Square

Last week we reviewed that to find the area of a square you multiply the side length times itself.

Answer the following questions to show you understanding of this concept.

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"Squaring a Number"

Since we started the year with a unit on exponents, we learned that when we multiply a number times itself we use an exponent of 2.

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This is we we usually call it "SQUARING A NUMBER" when a number has an exponent of 2​

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Show your understanding of this idea by answering a few questions.​

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​Finding a Square Root

Math 8 - Square root equations

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One of the reasons we reviewed area and learned about squaring and finding square roots so that we could solve equations where a number is being squared.

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Work through the next few slides to think about what you would do with an x squared equation. ​

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Hopefully you said that you would find the square root of 121.

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Here is what it could look like to solve an equation where this happens.​

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Try some questions on your own

Solving an "x squared" equation

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uh-oh... Did you get that wrong?​

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