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The Nature of Mathematics – 13th Edition

Square numbers

Section 5.5: Irrational Numbers

September 24, 2015July 7, 2015 by elaine

5.5 Outline

  1. Pythagorean theorem
    1. perfect squares
    2. square numbers
    3. legs/hypotenuse (There is a nice little graphic showing the meaning of the Pythagorean theorem below)
  2. Square roots
    1. definition
    2. positive square root of n
    3. irrational numbers
    4. the number pi
  3. Operations with square roots
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