Visualizing Square Roots With Squares

Use squares to explain square roots with this helpful eighth-grade worksheet! Students can think of squares in order to solve square root problems: the side length of a square is a square root of its area. Using this method, learners are asked to find the square root of five numbers. 

This worksheet will help students build a concrete understanding of square roots. Using a familiar topic, the area of a square, to understand a new concept can help students feel more equipped to solve square root problems. As learners become more comfortable solving for perfect square roots, they can begin to work with imperfect square roots and cube roots.

Continue learning with Square Roots of Perfect Squares and Approximating Square Roots.