This math skill teaches how to compare the value of a squared integer with another integer by first calculating the square and then replacing it in the comparison equation to determine the relation (greater than, less than, or equal to) between them.
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Compare a square to an integer
Test your understanding of compare a square to an integer by practicing it! Work through the below exercises to use it in practice.
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Let's compare eight squared to 67
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To compare a square with an integer, we can first expand the square. Eight squared is 8 times 8
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Which is 64, so we can replace the 8 squared in our original equality expression with 64
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Now it's easy to see that 64 is less than 67, so 8 squared is less than 67.