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AAA Math

Aaa Math: Squaring a Number

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Notes and practice problems explore how to evaluate squared numbers.
Handout
Quia

Ixl Learning: Square Numbers

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Brush up on your math skills relating to square numbers then try some practice problems to test your understanding.
Interactive
Government of Alberta

Learn Alberta: Math Interactives: Exploring Square Roots (Object Interactive)

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Explore a set of perfect squares, as well as their square roots using this highly interactive math resource. In addition, students will get to look at estimates of the square roots of non-perfect squares. Printable activities, solutions,...
Interactive
Government of Alberta

Learn Alberta: Math Interactives: Exploring Square Roots Video

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
This video illustrates the concepts of square roots, slope, and the Pythagorean Theorem as they are used in designing and constructing skate park rails, ramps, and pipes. An interactive activity is also included where students are able...
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Beat the Calculator!

For Students 3rd - 8th
Find more than 500 "mental calculation tricks" that will help you square numbers, add, multiply divide, subtract, and find percentages. A great resource for advance math students, gifted children, and teachers wanting to find ideas for...
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Penguins: Factors and Multiples

For Students 5th - 6th Standards
On this interactive site students practice various skills including square numbers, multiples, factors, composite numbers, and mixed numbers.
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Seven Square Numbers

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
On this one page website sharpen your logic, square numbers, and problem solving skills while working on this challenge. The solution is available to double check your solution.
Unit Plan
Math.com

Math.com: Numbers: Square Roots

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
The pre-algebra resource investigates square roots. Definitions, detailed examples, and practice problems are included.
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: Rational Numbers and Square Ro

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Math Forum response to which numbers, other than squared positive integers, can be simplified as rational numbers.
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Cut the Knot

Cut the Knot!: What Is a Number?

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Casual and clear but definitely upper-level discussion of rational, real, imaginary, and several other types of numbers. Links to related sites.
Unit Plan
Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Complex Numbers

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
A wealth of material to help you plan classroom instruction on complex numbers: several lessons that cover the number i, square roots of negative numbers, and operations involving complex numbers; practice activities, some of which...
Handout
Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: The Evolution of Numbers

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Discusses what numbers are and how our understanding of them has evolved over thousands of years, from simple counting to negative numbers and irrational numbers, for example. Includes a set of practice questions where students identify...
Handout
Paul Dawkins

Paul's Online Notes: Algebra: Preliminaries: Complex Numbers

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This math tutorial features notes and examples that illustrate complex numbers including standard form, adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing them.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: All Squared Up!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this AMSTI 5 E lesson plan young scholars will be engaged in an investigation to discover the patterns in squared numbers then be able to apply the concepts needed to evaluate the expression. This lesson plan was created by exemplary...
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Other

Dan's Math: Basic Skills Topics

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
College professor Dan Bach offers a review of various basic topics in arithmetic, pre-algebra, and algebra. Order of operations, exponents, square roots, variables, and combining terms are just a few of the many topics covered.
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Math Medics

S.o.s. Math: Algebra

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson provides basic instruction on the major concepts in algebra. Content includes a focus on fractions, units of conversion, complex numbers, quadratic equations, factorization and roots of polynomials, solving equations, systems...
Handout
Wolfram Research

Wolfram Math World: I

For Students 9th - 10th
The imaginary number (also called the imaginary unit) is defined as the square root of negative one. This site explains the rational for the existence of the imaginary number "i" and gives formulas involving "i" including Euler's...
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Little Squares

For Students 3rd - 8th
What are square numbers? Use tiles at this one page website to discover the pattern of square numbers. See if you can solve the challenge. Once you have your solution you can check the solution given right at the website.
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Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: What Is a Square Number in Math?

For Students 2nd - 8th
Definition and examples of square numbers.
Interactive
Topmarks Online

Topmarks: Hit the Button

For Students 1st - 5th
Interactive math game provides quick fire questions to test your skills on number bonds, doubling, halving, times tables, division facts and square numbers against the clock.
eBook
Math Planet

Math Planet: Pre Algebra: Square Roots and Real Numbers

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Provides an explanation, examples, and a video lesson all related to square roots and real numbers. [1:59]
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Simplify Roots of Negative Numbers

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Rewrite square roots of negative numbers as imaginary numbers. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Approximating Square Roots

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
Practice finding the approximate value of square roots by thinking about perfect squares. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video, or receive hints.
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Quia

Ixl Learning: Irrational Numbers

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Brush up on your math skills relating to irrational numbers then try some practice problems to test your understanding.