Understanding Square

Numbers

Grade 8 Mathematics
Mr. J. Lingley
 What Are Square Numbers
A number will be square if you
How can we tell if a
can form a square using the same
number is square?
factor for the length of all 4 sides.

Is 8 a square number?

To determine if 8 is a
square number, draw
all rectangles that have
an area of 8 units.
 Is 8 a square number?
Determine the
factors of 8...
8 = 1, 2, 4, 8

Are any of these rectangles a square?

What about 9?
Investigating using
Working in your group of 4, you must:

1. Using Shreddies, make as many different

rectangles as you can for each area.

2. For each indicated area, draw the

rectangles on your grid paper. 1 unit
1 unit
3. Are there any areas, that you believe are
square numbers? Why do you think this?
Areas
4 square units 6 square units 8 square units
9 square units 12 square units 16 square units
18 square units 20 square units 25 square units
Investigating using
Areas
Which of these 4 square units 6 square units 8 square units
areas are square
numbers? 9 square units 12 square units 16 square units
18 square units 20 square units 25 square units

How do you know?

 Areas
4 square units 6 square units 8 square units
9 square units 12 square units 16 square units
18 square units 20 square units 25 square units
2 units

3 units

4 units

5 units
2 units

3 units

4 units

5 units

A square number is also known as a perfect square.

How do we write the areas of these perfect squares?
 Areas
4 square units 6 square units 8 square units
9 square units 12 square units 16 square units
18 square units 20 square units 25 square units
2 units

3 units

4 units

5 units
2 units

3 units

4 units

5 units

A square number is also known as a perfect square.

How do we write the areas of these perfect squares?

4 units2 9 units2 16 units2 25 units2

Simply means that this is an area in two dimensions (or multiplied by itself).
Perfect Squares
1 unit2

4 unit2

9 unit2

16 unit2

25 unit2

36 unit2

49 unit2

64 unit2

81 unit2

100 unit2

121 unit2

144 unit2
Number multiplied by itself... Perfect Squares
12 1 unit2

4 unit2

9 unit2

16 unit2

25 unit2

36 unit2

49 unit2

64 unit2

81 unit2

100 unit2

121 unit2

144 unit2
 Your Turn
1. Show that 49 is a square number. Use a
diagram, numbers and words.

2. A square picture has an area of 144 cm2.

Find the perimeter of the picture.