Middle School Math - Curriculum Guides



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PERFECT SQUARES AND SQUARE ROOTS EXPLORATION

1. Each group will need about 25 Cheese-its.

2. Choose 10 numbers between one and 25 and record them below in the first column.

3. Try to form the number of Cheese-its you have chosen into a square and fill in the chart below.

|Number Of Cheese-its |Can you make a perfect square? |If yes, what is the length of the |If no, estimate what 2 numbers it |

|(1-25) |Yes or No |sides? |comes between |

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Questions

1. Do you see any patterns? What are they?

2. What makes a number a perfect square?

3. List the first 12 perfect squares.

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