Grade 8 - The Number System
Standard 8.NS.1.1 - Practice substituting in numbers to evaluate variable expressions with squares and square roots.
Included Skills: Algebra, Number Properties
Students will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of perfect squares and square roots, concretely, pictorially, and symbolically (limited to whole numbers). • Performance Indicators - N01.01 Represent a given perfect square as a square region, using materials such as grid paper or square shapes. - N01.02 Determine the factors of a given perfect square, and explain why one of the factors is the square root and the others are not. - N01.03 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. - N01.04 Determine the square root of a given perfect square, and record it symbolically. - N01.05 Determine the square of a given number.