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Math 8 Section 3.1 Extra Practice
1. If the underlined word is incorrect, write the correct word in the blank.
a) The square of a number can be thought of as the area of a square.
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b) In the prime factorization of a perfect square, there is an odd number of
each prime factor. ____________________
c) The square of a number is the number divided by itself.
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d) The square root of a number can be thought of as the side length of a
rectangle. ____________________
2. Follow the instructions for each number below.
a) Write the prime factorization.
b) Determine whether the number is a perfect square and justify your
answer.
Prime Factorization Perfect Square?
Circle one: YES NO
Justify your answer:
35
Circle one: YES NO
Justify your answer:
64
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3. Complete the table.
Side Length of Side Length Squared Area of Square
Square
Example: 2 2×2 4
a) ____ 4×4 16
b) 7 _______________ 49
c) 6 6×6 ____
d) 10 _______________ ____
4. Determine the square roots. Hint: Look for patterns.
a) 100 ____ 225 ____ 400 ____
b) 400 ____ 625 ____ 900 ____
c) 100 ____ 144 ____ 196 ____
d) 225 ____ 324 ____ 441 ____
5. Find the area of the square, given its side length.
a) 7 cm d) 22 cm
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b) 11 mm e) 40 m
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c) 15 m f) 90 mm
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6. Find the side length of the square, given its area.
a) 100 cm2 d) 256 cm2
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b) 121 mm2 e) 529 mm2
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c) 169 m2 f) 2500 m2
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Section 3.2 Extra Practice
1. Write down the words that fill in the blanks.
In a ____________________ triangle, the sum of the areas of the
____________________ attached to the legs equals the area of the square
attached to the ____________________.
2. a) Trace the right triangle below. Label the hypotenuse with t. Label the other
legs of the triangle with r and s.
b) Draw a square attached to each side of the triangle.
c) Write the relationship of the areas of the
squares, using variables and symbols.
3. a) Calculate the areas of the three
squares shown.
b) Is the triangle a right triangle? Explain.
4. Calculate the missing area of each square. Show your work.
a) b)
5. Determine the area of the square that would be attached to the hypotenuse
of each right triangle.
a) b)
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Section 3.3 Extra Practice
1. Fill in the blanks.
The first step in estimating the square root of a number that is not a perfect
square is to think of the ____________________ ____________________
less than and greater than the number.
2. Complete the table.
Perfect Square Perfect Square Perfect Square
Less Than the Greater Than Number Is
Number Number the Number Closer To
33 25 36 36
11
47
70
116
3. Estimate the square root of each number in #2. Then, check your answers
with a calculator. Express your answers to one decimal place.
Estimate Check
a) 33 _____ _____
b) 11 _____ _____
c) 47 _____ _____
d) 6 _____ _____
e) 70 _____ _____
f) 116 _____ _____
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4. Estimate the square root of each number. Then, check your answers with
a calculator. Express your answers to one decimal place.
Perfect Perfect Perfect
Square Less Square Square
Than Greater Than Number Is
the Number the Number Closer To Estimate Check
a) 14 _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
b) 38 _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
c) 140 _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
d) 94 _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
5. Identify all of the possible whole numbers with a square root greater than 3
and less than 4.
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6. The square has an area of 10 cm2.
a) Use perfect squares to estimate the side length of the square, to one
decimal place. Show your work.
b) Use a ruler to measure the side length of the square, to the nearest tenth
of a centimetre. _______________
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Section 3.4 Extra Practice
1. Fill in the blanks to find the length of the hypotenuse of the right triangle.
t2 = r 2 + s2
t2 = ____2 + ____2
t2 = ____ + ____
t2 = ____
t =
____
t = ____
The length of the hypotenuse is ____ cm.
2. Fill in the blanks to find the unknown leg length of the right triangle.
e2 + f 2 = g2
e2 + ____2 = ____2
e2 + ____ = ____
e2 + ____ – ____ = ____ – ____
e2 = ____
e =
____
e = ____
The length of leg e is ____ cm.
3. What is the length of the hypotenuse of each right triangle? Show your work.
Give your answer to the nearest tenth of a centimetre.
a) b)
4. Use the Pythagorean relationship to determine the unknown leg length of
each right triangle. Give your answer to the nearest metre. Show your work.
a) b)
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Section 3.5 Extra Practice
1. Fill in the blanks to find the missing distance.
d2 = 7002 + ____2
d2 = ____ + ____
d2 = ____
d =
____
d = ____
The hypotenuse is ____ m.
2. Fill in the blanks to
determine if the triangle
is a right triangle. Use
the Pythagorean
relationship, c 2 = a2 + b2.
Left Side Right Side
132 = ____ 52 + 122 = ____ + ____
The area of the large square is
= ____
____ cm2. The sum of the areas of the two
smaller squares is ____ cm2.
Is the triangle a right triangle? YES NO
How do you know?
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3. A rectangular field measures 20 m × 40 m. Stefan walked along the diagonal
from one corner to its far corner. Megan walked along the two sides of the
field.
a) Draw a diagram to match this situation.
b) What is the distance Stefan walked? Give your answer to the nearest tenth
of a metre.
c) What is the distance Megan walked?
d) Which distance is shorter and by how much? Give your answer to the
nearest tenth of a metre.
4. Before Larissa’s father builds the roof of a shed, he asks her to check if the
walls meet at a right angle. She makes a mark at 150 cm from the corner on
each wall. She measures the diagonal length as 220 cm. Do the walls meet at
a right angle? Justify your response.
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