What you need to know
Check yourself against these “I can” statements.
- I can recall the square numbers up to 15² and their square roots
- I can give both the positive and negative square root of a square number
- I can work out squares and square roots in my head and check them by squaring
- I can estimate the square root of a number under 100 that is not a square number
- I can find square roots by breaking a number into factors
Practise this topic
4 resourcesSquares, Roots & Cubes
Recall, estimating, negatives (including −3² against (−3)²), fractions, and breaking roots and powers up. Squares, cubes or both; eight difficulty levels, timed, click to reveal.
🧩 ConnectionsNumber Properties
Primes, squares, cubes, triangular numbers, multiples and factors. Every number fits exactly one group, so numbers like 91 that look prime are traps.
🎯 GamePowers and Roots Countdown
Countdown with powers and roots: as well as + − × ÷, raise one tile to the power of another (2⁵ = 32), take a root when it is exact (∛64 = 4), and square or square-root a tile. Three levels, from squares and square roots to cubes…
⬢ BlockbustersSquares, Roots & Cubes Blockbusters
Blockbusters with the questions from the Squares, Roots & Cubes worksheet: choose its levels for the ordinary hexagons and for the harder ★ ones. Show the answer and the worked solution, or play against the computer with multiple…
These are the pages for Squares and Square Roots in the Year 7 scheme of work, following Pearson Edexcel Maths Progress Delta 1. Open this topic in Mr Wells Maths to see it alongside the rest of the course.