Why are 1, 4, 9, 16, and 25 sometimes called perfect squares?

They are all perfect squares because if you took the square root of them you will get a single number. Like the square root of 25 is 5 bc 5(5) is 25 16 is 4 bc 4(4) is 16 9 is 3 bc 3(3) is 9 1 is 1 bc 1(1) is 1 & so on & so forth

Answered by dmarierox | 2024-06-10

The numbers 1, 4, 9, 16, and 25 are called perfect squares because they are the result of squaring integers, like 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. Each perfect square can be expressed as n x n, where n is a whole number. Perfect squares have many applications in mathematics, including geometry and algebra.
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Answered by dmarierox | 2024-12-23