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Square Roots “ ^ “ plus any number equals exponent “ { “ equals square root symbol Perfect Squares To find a perfect square of a number you take a whole number that is between 1 and 10 and multiply it by itself. Square of n = n^2 Square of 5= 5x5= 5^2= 25 The perfect squares are the squares of the whole numbers. Perfect Squares: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 4 9 16 25 36 49 64 81 100 Finding Square Roots of Numbers That Arent Perfect Squares Without a Calculator To find the square root of a number without using a calculator you must do the following steps: 1. Estimate - first, get as close as you can by finding two perfect square roots your number is between. 2. Divide - divide your number by one of those square roots. 3. Average - take the average of the result of step 2 and the root. 4. Use the result of step 3 to repeat steps 2 and 3 until you have a number that is accurate enough for you. Example Calculate the square root of 10 ({10) to 2 decimal places. 1. Find the two perfect square numbers it lies between. Solution:32 = 9 and 42 = 16, so {10 lies between 3 and 4. 2. Divide 10 by 3. 10/3 = 3.33 3. Average 3.33 and 3. (3.33 + 3)/2 = 3.1667 Repeat step 2: 10/3.1667 = 3.1579Repeat step 3: Average 3.1579 and 3.1667. (3.1579 + 3.1667)/2 = 3.1623 Check Your Answer - Is 3.1623 squared equal to 10? 3.1623 x 3.1623 = 10.0001 Practice Problems for Solving Square Roots Without Using a Calculator Problem#1: 60 Problem#2: 7 Problem#3: 75 Problem#4: 33 Problem#5: 66 Answer to Problem#1: 7.745 Answer to Problem#2: 2.645 Answer to Problem#3: 8.660 Answer to Problem#4: 5.744 Answer to Problem#5: 8.124 Properties of square roots Square roots have the following properties {a+b = {a + {b {ab = {a * {b {a/b = {a/{b [{a]^2 = a Addition and Subtraction of Square Roots Adding and subtracting square roots is just like combining like terms when you need to do that wit