Lesson: Square Roots of Perfect Squares Mathematics • 8th Grade

Students will be able to

• understand that taking the square root of a number is the inverse operation of squaring that number,
• understand that the square root symbol denotes the positive square root of a number,
• find the square root of a perfect square,
• find the square root of a fraction where the numerator and denominator are perfect squares,
• Find the square root of a decimal number that can be written as a fraction with a numerator that is a perfect square and a denominator that is a multiple of 100, and give your answer as a decimal,
• find the square root of squared algebraic terms,
• find lengths by taking the square root of perfect squares,
• solve word problems by taking the square root.