ClassX Video Lessons Youtube Channel Smile and Learn English THE SQUARE ROOT ???? What is the Square Root? ???????????? Math for Kids
Hi friends,
Welcome to my spaceship! Today, we’re going to explore the exciting world of square roots. A square root is a special math operation that helps us find out what number, when multiplied by itself, gives us a certain number. It’s like doing the opposite of squaring a number.
Let’s dive into an example. Imagine we have the number 16, and we want to find its square root. The square root of 16 is 4 because when you multiply 4 by itself (4 times 4), you get 16. Cool, right?
Now, let’s look at the different parts of a square root expression:
Let’s review: index, radical sign, radicand, and square root. Great job!
Now that we know the parts, let’s see how we can use them. Imagine we have a square tray with 25 cakes, and we want to know how many cakes are on each side. To find out, we need to think of a number that, when multiplied by itself, equals 25. This number is the square root of 25, which is 5, because 5 times 5 equals 25.
Let’s check: the tray has 5 columns and 5 rows, making a total of 25 cakes. Awesome!
Ready for another challenge? We have a cake with 36 pieces. How many rows and columns does it have? Let’s find out! The square root of 36 is 6 because 6 times 6 equals 36.
Let’s check: the cake has 6 columns and 6 rows. Great work, friends!
Now you know what a square root is and how to find it. Snack time! I’m going to enjoy some delicious chocolate cake. See you soon, friends! We’ve learned so much today. Did you know there are many more videos to explore? Imagine how much you could learn. Subscribe to the Smile and Learn educational channel to learn and have fun at the same time.
Let’s go on a scavenger hunt! Find objects around your home or classroom that have a square shape. Measure the sides and calculate the area. Then, find the square root of the area to confirm the side length. Share your findings with the class!
Create a piece of art using square shapes. Each square should have a side length that is a whole number. Calculate the area of each square and write the square root of the area inside the square. Display your artwork for everyone to see!
Get ready for a relay race! Form teams and solve square root problems to advance. Each team member must solve a square root problem before passing the baton. The first team to complete all problems wins!
Work on a puzzle where each piece is a square. The pieces fit together to form a larger square. Calculate the side length of the larger square by finding the square root of the total number of smaller squares. Assemble the puzzle and check your work!
Write a short story about a character who discovers the magic of square roots. Include examples of how they use square roots in their adventures. Share your story with the class and discuss the different ways square roots can be applied in real life!
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**Smile and Learn**
Hi friends,
Welcome to my spaceship! Today, we’re going to learn about how to find the square root of a number. Finding the square root is a mathematical operation that we do when we have a number and we want to know what number, when squared or multiplied by itself, produces that number. So, finding the square root is the opposite of squaring a number.
In our example, the number we’re looking for is four. It’s four because 4 squared is 16, the number we started with. Let’s check it. If we multiply 4 by itself, or 4 times 4, the product is 16. Great, this fits perfectly with the definition.
But what are the parts of a square root expression? Let’s have a look. A square root expression is made up of these parts. The first part is the index. In our case, we are looking for the square root, so our index is the number two. We can also find other numbers in the index depending on the type of root it is. For example, if we see a three, it would be a cube root. Just so you know, sometimes there is no number where the index goes. If we don’t see an index, that always means that it is a square root, so we can just imagine that it has a 2 as the index.
This symbol right here that looks like a box is the radical sign, which represents the square root. The number that we see inside the radical sign is called the radicand, which is the number 16 here. Lastly, the result is called the square root, which in this case is the number four. Great! Let’s review: index, radical, radicand, and square root. Good job!
Now that we know what a square root expression is and the parts that make it up, we’ll learn what we can do with it. Let’s look at an example. We have a square tray with 25 cakes, and we want to know how many cakes are on each side. To find out, we have to think of a number that, when multiplied by itself, equals 25. That is a number squared that results in 25. To calculate this number, we’ll take the square root of 25, which is 5. We know this because 5 squared equals 25.
Let’s check the result. The horizontal side has one, two, three, four, five columns, and the vertical side has one, two, three, four, five rows. As you can see, there are five cakes on each side of the tray. If we square that number, we get a total of 25 cakes on the tray.
Are you up for finding a square root on your own? Here we have a cake with 36 pieces that are all the same size. How many rows and columns does our cake have? Time’s up! Do you have an answer? Let’s see. To know what number squared equals 36, let’s have a look at this table. Where is number 36? Hmm, there it is. As you can see, 6 squared equals 36. This means that 6 times 6 equals 36.
Let’s check the result. The horizontal side of our cake has one, two, three, four, five, six columns, and the vertical side has one, two, three, four, five, six rows. Great work, friends!
Now, we know what a square root is and how to find it. Snack time! I’m going to have a bit of this delicious chocolate cake. See you soon, friends! We’ve learned so much in just one video. Did you know there are many more videos? Imagine how much you could learn. Subscribe to the Smile and Learn educational channel to learn and have fun at the same time.
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Square – A number multiplied by itself. – The square of 4 is 16 because 4 times 4 equals 16.
Root – A value that, when multiplied by itself a certain number of times, gives the original number. – The square root of 9 is 3 because 3 times 3 equals 9.
Index – The small number written just above and to the left of the radical sign, indicating the degree of the root. – In the cube root of 8, the index is 3 because we are finding the number that, when multiplied by itself three times, equals 8.
Radical – The symbol used to indicate the root of a number. – The radical sign √ is used to find the square root of a number.
Sign – A symbol that indicates whether a number is positive or negative. – The plus sign (+) shows that the number is positive.
Radicand – The number under the radical sign from which the root is being taken. – In the expression √25, the radicand is 25.
Number – A mathematical object used to count, measure, and label. – Seven is a number that can be used to count objects.
Multiply – The process of finding the total number of objects in equal-sized groups. – When you multiply 3 by 4, you get 12.
Expression – A combination of numbers, symbols, and operators (such as + and ×) that represents a mathematical value. – The expression 2 + 3 × 4 equals 14.
Equals – Shows that two expressions have the same value. – In the equation 5 + 3 equals 8, both sides are the same.
