To access the applet click on the image. The activity will open in a new window.
Move the slider to the right and fill in the missing information in the chart.
Copy the following table into your notes.
Area |
Side Length |
Square root of the Area |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
|
4 |
|
|
9 |
|
|
16 |
|
|
25 |
|
|
36 |
|
|
49 |
|
|
64 |
|
|
81 |
|
|
100 |
|
|
Use the information from the table to answer the following questions:
- Given the area of a square, what does the square root tell you?
- How do you calculate the area of a square if you know the side length?
- What does a square root represent?
- What number, when multiplied by itself, gives me the number I started with?
- From the table, what is the square root of 64?
- Use that information to fill in the blanks in the following equation: ____ x ____ = 64.