PBS
Pbs: Approximating Square Roots of Nonperfect Squares
Visualize a strategy for approximating the square roots of nonperfect squares through modeling. This video focuses on a ratio, the number of extra tiles over the number of tiles for the next square that will give you a fractional...
Math Warehouse
Math Warehouse: Square Root Calculator and Solver
Students can type any positive or negative number into the square root calculator. The calculator reduces the square root to its simplest radical form.
Common Core Sheets
Common Core Sheets: The Number System 8.ns.2 Worksheets
Print or create worksheets to assess students' understanding of radicals, square roots, and irrational numbers.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: A Rei Radical Equations
The purpose of the task is to show students a situation where squaring both sides of an equation can result in an equation with more solutions than the original one, because it is possible to have two unequal numbers whose squares are...
PBS
Pbs: The Story of Jazz
A supplement to a ten-part film series on jazz, this resource describes the growth and development of jazz music from the gritty streets of New Orleans to the Lincoln Gardens on Chicago's south side, where Louis Armstrong first won fame,...