Square Sequence

Starter of The Day Transum Mathematics Topics

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Pupils should be as familiar with the sequence of square numbers as they were with the counting numbers when they were younger. Square numbers will crop up countless times in many different areas of Mathematics and the pupils will benefit if they recognise them quickly. This non-calculator Starter is very easy for the teacher to organise and for the pupils to understand. It differentiates by outcome, and gives the teacher a few minutes to get the rest of the lesson ready.

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Answers

Teacher, do your students have access to computers such as tablets, iPads or Laptops? This page was really designed for projection on a whiteboard but if you really want the students to have access to it here is a concise URL for a version of this page without the comments:

Transum.org/go/?Start=August14

However it would be better to assign one of the student interactive activities below.

Laptops In Lessons

Here is the URL which will take them to an exercise involving square roots.

Transum.org/go/?to=Scroots

Fun with Squares

Square Pairs Game

A game for two players who take turns to select two numbers that add up to a square number.

The short web address is:

Transum.org/go/?to=sqpg

Surprise Result

Prison Cell Problem

A number patterns investigation involving prisoners and prison guards. The outcome may surprise you!

The short web address is:

Transum.org/go/?to=prison

Challenge

Square and Even

Arrange the numbers on the cards so that each of the three digit numbers formed are square numbers.

The short web address is:

Transum.org/go/?to=square