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Last year, I put up posters of the first ten perfect squares and perfect cubes in my room. They looked awesome, and students referenced them throughout the year. However, I found that my students often needed to know if a number that was higher than 100 was a perfect square.
I don’t have the wall space necessary to go farther (or the patience necessary to tape that many more posters on the wall!), so I made a More Perfect Squares poster to hang next to my existing posters.
Here’s what I came up with:
I printed this More Perfect Squares poster on 11 x 17 cardstock.
I was given a package of this cardstock a few years ago, and I wasn’t quite sure what to do with it for the longest time. Then, I started making posters with it.
Later, I began using it to make group-sized reusable activities with my 11 x 17 dry erase pockets.
I’ve used so much of it lately, that I just had to order a new package from Amazon!
If you want a printable reference chart for your students, check out my printable list of perfect squares.
Free Download of More Perfect Squares Poster
More Perfect Squares Poster (PDF) (1201 downloads)
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Looking for more posters to help decorate your math classroom? Check out my posters page!
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Sinthorel
Sunday 3rd of September 2017
Interestingly, the difference between consecutive squares will always be an odd number :)! 1,4,9,16,25,... have difference 3,5,7,9,... which are also consecutive :)!
This means that from 2 consecutive square numbers, I can always find the next square. Out of your list, 529 and 576 are perfect squares. To find the next number I just find the difference: 576-529=47, pick the next odd number which is 49 and then add it to the largest square to obtain 576+49=625! Which is the next item on your list :)!
Keep up with the good work!
Sarah Carter (@mathequalslove)
Tuesday 5th of September 2017
What a fun fact! I learned something new today! :)
Mrs. Saeli
Friday 1st of September 2017
I have had these for a while, and FINALLY this year I got them laminated and posted in my room. I have loved seeing kids' faces when I pointed them out the first week of 8th grade, and their eyes popped. "OH, that makes so much more sense now!" Thank you for sharing all your ideas!
Sarah Carter (@mathequalslove)
Tuesday 5th of September 2017
Yay! Glad you students like them! Thanks for reading my blog :)