ESTIMATING SQUARE ROOTS
Onceyou memorized squares and their roots, we can estimate square
roots that are not perfect squares
For example, what about
8
16.
ESTIMATING SQUARE ROOTS
Wefind the two perfect squares that are before and after the
square root of 8. . .
and
Look at them on a number line:
4 5
9
4
9
6 7 8
3
2
2 3
17.
ESTIMATING SQUARE ROOTS
Wecan see that is between 2 and 3 but
is closer to 3. We would say that is approximately
3.
4 5 9
6 7 8
3
2
2 3
8
8
18.
TRY THIS:
ESTIMATE TOTHE NEAREST WHOLE NUMBER
27
78
50
Click to the next slide to see if you are right!
Rational number- canbe written as a fraction
Irrational number- cannot be written as a fraction because:
it is a non-terminating decimal
it is a decimal that does NOT repeat
* The square roots of ALL perfect squares are rational.
* The square roots of numbers that are NOT perfect squares
are irrational.
21.
TRY THIS: IDENTIFYEACH NUMBER AS
RATIONAL OR IRRATIONAL
2
81
0.53
0.627
13.875931...
22.
IDENTIFY EACH NUMBERAS RATIONAL
OR IRRATIONAL.
2
81
0.53
0.627
13.875931...
Irrational
Rational
Rational
Rational
Irrational
23.
IDENTIFY EACH NUMBERAS RATIONAL
OR IRRATIONAL.
2
81
0.53
0.627
13.875931...
Irrational
Rational
Rational
Rational
Irrational
24.
IDENTIFY EACH NUMBERAS RATIONAL
OR IRRATIONAL.
2
81
0.53
0.627
13.875931...
Irrational
Rational
Rational
Rational
Irrational
25.
IDENTIFY EACH NUMBERAS RATIONAL
OR IRRATIONAL.
2
81
0.53
0.627
13.875931...
Irrational
Rational
Rational
Rational
Irrational