Grade 8 - Number
Standard 8.N.1 - Understand and use the relationship between squares and square roots to solve the equation.
Included Skills: Number Properties
Demonstrate an understanding of perfect squares and square roots, concretely, pictorially and symbolically (limited to whole numbers). • Represent a given perfect square as a square region, using materials such as grid paper or square shapes. • Determine the factors of a given perfect square, and explain why one of the factors is the square root and the others are not. • Determine whether or not a given number is a perfect square, using materials and strategies such as square shapes, grid paper or prime factorization, and explain the reasoning. • Determine the square root of a given perfect square, and record it symbolically. • Determine the square of a given number.