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The document discusses square numbers and how to identify them. It explains that a number is square if you can form a square using the same length for all four sides. It provides examples of determining if numbers like 8 and 9 are square numbers by drawing rectangles with the corresponding areas and identifying which are perfect squares. Finally, it defines perfect squares as numbers that are the result of multiplying a number by itself and lists several examples of perfect square numbers written in the form of "n units2".

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Squarenumberslesson 1

The document discusses square numbers and how to identify them. It explains that a number is square if you can form a square using the same length for all four sides. It provides examples of determining if numbers like 8 and 9 are square numbers by drawing rectangles with the corresponding areas and identifying which are perfect squares. Finally, it defines perfect squares as numbers that are the result of multiplying a number by itself and lists several examples of perfect square numbers written in the form of "n units2".

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Understanding Square

Numbers

Grade 8 Mathematics
Mr. J. Lingley
What Are Square Numbers
A number will be square if you
How can we tell if a
can form a square using the same
number is square?
factor for the length of all 4 sides.

Is 8 a square number?

To determine if 8 is a
square number, draw
all rectangles that have
an area of 8 units.
Is 8 a square number?
Determine the
factors of 8...
8 = 1, 2, 4, 8

Are any of these rectangles a square?


What about 9?
Investigating using
Working in your group of 4, you must:

1. Using Shreddies, make as many different


rectangles as you can for each area.

2. For each indicated area, draw the


rectangles on your grid paper. 1 unit
1 unit
3. Are there any areas, that you believe are
square numbers? Why do you think this?
Areas
4 square units 6 square units 8 square units
9 square units 12 square units 16 square units
18 square units 20 square units 25 square units
Investigating using
Areas
Which of these 4 square units 6 square units 8 square units
areas are square
numbers? 9 square units 12 square units 16 square units
18 square units 20 square units 25 square units

How do you know?


Areas
4 square units 6 square units 8 square units
9 square units 12 square units 16 square units
18 square units 20 square units 25 square units
2 units

3 units

4 units

5 units
2 units

3 units

4 units

5 units

A square number is also known as a perfect square.


How do we write the areas of these perfect squares?
Areas
4 square units 6 square units 8 square units
9 square units 12 square units 16 square units
18 square units 20 square units 25 square units
2 units

3 units

4 units

5 units
2 units

3 units

4 units

5 units

A square number is also known as a perfect square.


How do we write the areas of these perfect squares?

4 units2 9 units2 16 units2 25 units2


Simply means that this is an area in two dimensions (or multiplied by itself).
Perfect Squares
1 unit2

4 unit2

9 unit2

16 unit2

25 unit2

36 unit2

49 unit2

64 unit2

81 unit2

100 unit2

121 unit2

144 unit2
Number multiplied by itself... Perfect Squares
12 1 unit2

4 unit2

9 unit2

16 unit2

25 unit2

36 unit2

49 unit2

64 unit2

81 unit2

100 unit2

121 unit2

144 unit2
Your Turn
1. Show that 49 is a square number. Use a
diagram, numbers and words.

2. A square picture has an area of 144 cm2.


Find the perimeter of the picture.

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