Grade 9 ~ Unit 1 – Part 1: Square Roots

Name :____________________

Sec 1.1: Square Roots of Perfect Squares.

Review from Grade 8

If we can represent an area using squares then it is a perfect

square. For example, the numbers 1, 4 and 9 are all perfect
squares.

To find the area, you must square the side length:

A=S 2=S × S

Remember the difference between Square & Square Root:

Square Square Root

Definition What number, multiplied by
Multiply number by itself. itself, make the number under
the symbol.
Symbol 4 2=4 × 4=16 √ 64=8 ,
since 8× 8=64

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You will need to remember the following:

Complete the following questions:

1) Square the following:

a) 9 b) 3 c) 1 d) 23 e) 16

2) Find each square root:

a)√ 9 b) √ 64 c) √ 49 d) √ 1 e) √ 484

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This year we will be considering Fractions and Decimals:

Fractions

In order for a fraction to be a perfect square, BOTH the numerator (top number) and the denominator
(bottom number) must be perfect squares.

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Is a perfect square?
9

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● Since √ 4=2 and √ 9=3 then 9 is a perfect square

4 √4 2 2 2 4
√ = =
9 √9 3
Check your answer × =
3 3 9

This can also be represented by drawing a diagram using squares:

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3
There are 2 out of 3 squares
2 1 shaded along the width and
3 unit length of the square and there
are 4 squares shaded out of a
total of 9 squares. And it still
created a square.

3)

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4) Which of the following are perfect squares?

1 5 81 7 324
, , , ,
4 16 100 36 441

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5) Is a perfect square?
98
Watch out for Perfect
Squares in disguise!!!

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6) Is 16 a perfect square?
9 Watch out for mixed
numbers that look like
perfect squares!

7) Find each Square Root:

4 1 49 50
a)
√
12
81
b)
√ 25
c)
√ 121
d)
√ 200
e)

√ 48

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To complete on loose leaf: p.11 # 3 (b &c), 4, 5 (e, f, g, h), 7 (a, b, c, d), 8 (e, f,
g, h)
Decimals

Don’t forget that decimals can be changed into fractions:

Remember – hundredths
121 121
place means over 100! 1.21= , Is a perfect square?
100 100

8) Change each of the following to decimals to determine if they are perfect squares.

a) 0.09 b) 0.4 c) 2.25 d) 1.6 e) 0.1

What did you notice about the answers above? There is a little trick you can use when trying to decide
whether or not a number is a perfect square:

In order for a decimal to be a perfect square it must have an even

number of decimal places AND “look” like a perfect square!

9) Which of the following are perfect squares?

a) 0.049 b) 0.000016 c) 1.96 d) 0.9 e) 0.036

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 When Finding the square root of decimals you halve the
number of decimal places!!!

10) Find each square root:

a)√ 0.09 b) √ 0.0064 c) √ 0.49 d) √ 1.69

11) Calculate the number whose square root is…

a) 0.3 b) 0.4 c) 1.6 d) 0.05 e) 0.9

**One final note is that if you use a calculator, a number is a perfect square as
long as the square root answers is a terminating decimal! **

To complete on loose leaf: p.11 # 3a, 5 (a, b, c, d), 7 (e, f, g, h, i, j), 8 (a, b, c, d,
i, k), 9 (b, d, f, h)

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Sec 1.2: Square Roots of Non-Perfect Squares.

If you have not memorized this, now is the time!!!

Recall Grade 8:

What is √ 14 ?

Since 14 is not a perfect square we must estimate. Between what two perfect squares does
14 fall between?

14 falls between 9 and 16, so √ 14 falls between √ 9 and √ 16

or 3 and 4. So √ 14 ~ 3.7

√9 √ 16

3 3.7 4

1) Estimate each square root. SHOW WORKINGS!!

a) √ 55 b) √ 100

We will now study how to estimate the square root of non-perfect fractions and decimals.

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Decimals:

What is √ 0.27 ?

Find the 2 closest decimal perfect squares!

0.27 falls between 0.25 and 0.36, so √ 0.27 falls between √ 0.25 and √ 0.36
or 0.5 and 0.6. So √ 0.27 ~ 0.52

√ 0.25 √ 0.36

0.5 0.52 0.6

2) Estimate each square root. SHOW WORKINGS!!

a) √ 0.79 b) √ 0.3

c) √ 3.8 b) √ 19.2

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Fractions:

There are 3 ways to estimate the square root of a fraction:

#1 Estimate by changing to a decimal:

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What is
√ 10
? Change to a decimal -> 0.3 or 0.30

Find the 2 closest decimal perfect squares!

0.30 falls between 0.25 and 0.36, so √ 0.30 falls between √ 0.25 and √ 0.36
or 0.5 and 0.6. So √ 0.30 ~ 0.55

√ 0.25 √ 0.36

0.5 0.55 0.6

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What is 1
√ 4
?

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 #2 Estimate by finding the closest perfect squares:

8 9 3
What is
√ 5
? Change to closest perfect squares =>
√
= =1.5
4 2

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What is
√ 24
?

#3 Choose an easier number then estimate:

3 3 1
What is
√ 7
?
7
is a little less that , so we can use 0.49.
2 √ 0.49=0.7

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What is
√ 3
?

3) Use any method to estimate each of the following:

Find each Square Root:

8 5 13
a)
√ 79
b)
√ 12
c)
√ 4

To complete on loose leaf: p. 18 & 19, #4 (b, d, f), 6, 7(a,c,e), 11(e, f, g, h),

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Pythagorean Theorem

Recall the Pythagorean Theorem:

c2

a2 c
a

b2

a 2+b 2=c 2

1) Use the Pythagorean theorem to solve for the missing value:

a) b)

2) Solve:

To complete on loose leaf: p. 19, #13

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 Unit 1 – Part 2: Surface Area
Name :____________________

Grade 9 - Section 1.3: Investigation p. 25

1. Assume each face of a linking cube is 1 cm 2.

 What is the surface area of 1 cube? ______________

2. Continue to add cubes and determine the surface area.

Complete the table below.

Number of Cubes Surface Area (square units)

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2
3
4
5

 What patterns do you see in the table?

 What happens to the surface area each time you place another cube on the train?

 Explain why the surface area changes this way.

3. With 5 cubes, build an object that is different from the train. Determine its surface area.

Surface area of new object: __________________

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Sec 1.3: Surface Area of Objects Made from Right Rectangular Prisms

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To complete on loose leaf: p. 30, #4

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To complete on loose leaf: p. 31, #8 (b, c) , 11
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 Sec 1.4: Surface Area of Other Composite Objects

Before we study other composite figures, we must review how to calculate the surface
area of other solids...

Surface Area Formulae

Rectangular Prism Triangular Prism Cylinder

SA=2lw +2 lh+2 wh SA=bh+al+bl+cl SA=2 π r 2 +2 πrh

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To complete on loose leaf: p. 40& 41, #3,4,5
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