Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Math Homework - Unsquaring Numbers

Tonight the students have an assignment to "unsquare" a number. Basically the students are going to use a calculator to find the square-root of a number WITHOUT using the square-root key. We have learned this week that a square of a number is when you multiply the number by itself. Unsquaring the number will cement this concept. Students should look for a number that when multiplied by itself will result in their assigned number listed below. Each of the unsquared numbers has a 2-digit square-root. Please ask your child the process they used to unsquare the number. We will discuss their thinking processes in class tomorrow.

Mrs. Lockhart's class should unsquare the number 289
Mr. Nielsen's class should unsquare 961

Mr. Nielsen

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