Chapter Name : Squares And Square Roots |
Sub Topic Code : 104_08_06_05_01 |
Topic Name : Square Roots |
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Sub Topic Name : Finding Square Roots |
What is a square root?
Basic knowledge about arithmetic operations, square numbers and square roots
A square root is a number within the square itself. If this number is multiplied by itself, it results in the square.
How are the lengths of diagonals of a room measured?
Key Words | Definitions (pref. in our own words) |
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Square root | A number which when multiplied by itself will form a square number. |
Gadgets | How it can be used |
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Ice cream sticks | Make square boundaries with side as long as each stick. Take a number and arrange that many boxes. see if all these arranged boxes can be divided into n blocks with each block containing n boxes. |
Construction, business transactions, computer games, animations
Examples | Explainations |
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Overhead tanks | The area of the tank is measured by dividing the capacity of tank with its proposed height. We use square roots to determine sides or radius |
Computer games | The squares and square roots are used in construction of computer games during interactions of characters with objects |
Like subtraction and division, the inverse operations of addition and multiplication, finding a square root is the inverse operation of squaring a number.
If the total number of arranged boxes can be divided into n blocks each containing n boxes, then n is the square root of the number.
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