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∙ 2012-01-02 02:14:37That's because you are multiplying it by itself. So "two, squared' means the same as 'two times two', and 'three, squared' means the same as 'three times three'.
Multiplying a number by itself is exactly the same process of finding the area of a square who's dimensions are the number in question. Therefore multiplying a number by itself is known as squaring. For the same reason of raising a number to the third power is known as cubing. (Because its the same process you would use to find the volume of a cube.)
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∙ 2012-01-02 02:14:37Taking a number to the second power is known as "squaring" the number.
That is also called "squaring the number", or "raising the number to the second power".
Raising a number to the second power means you are squaring the number, multiplying it by itself. 2 squared= 2*2=4 3 squared=3*3=9
multiply the number by itselfRaising a number to the second power means you are squaring the number, multiplying it by itself. 2 squared= 2*2=43 squared=3*3=9
This is related to the calculation of the area of a square: area = side x side = side2.
squaring a number is taking it to the second power, initialy just multiplying it by its self.
Is basically doubling the number. For example 2 to the second power is 4.
The square root is nearly the inverse operation of squaring or raising to the second power. Nearly but not quite! So sqrt(682) = ±68
49."To the second power" means that the number is multiplied by itself once.We also refer to this as "squaring" or that a number has been "squared".7 * 7 = 49.
It's called The Candlestone!
To write powers of a number you write the number, followed by the number of the power in superscript. For example, a number to the second power is x2, a number to the third power is x3 and so on. Squaring is taking a number to the second power. Thus 20 squared is 202, which equals 400.
Multiplying a number by its self is called squaring a number When using exponents, the second power of a whole number is called a perfect square too, For example, write 4 squared = 16, 7 squared = 49, and 265 = 70, 225 are all perfect squares.