Square Root Word Problems

Mr. Mason was hired to tile a square-shaped bathroom. Mr. Mason is laying 676 square feet of tile. What is the length of the bathroom?

• 676 ft

• 338 ft

• 169 ft

• 26 ft

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CCSS.3.MD.C.7B

CCSS.4.MD.A.3

Mr. Woodside is building a garden outside of Walker-Grant Middle School. He has enough fertilizer to cover 121 square feet. If Mr. Woodside wants to make a square garden, what should the length of each side be?

• 12ft

• 121ft

• 11ft

• 13ft

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CCSS.3.MD.C.7B

CCSS.4.MD.A.3

The area of the square pool on your vacation was 260 ft². Approximately how long was one side of the pool?

• 17 ft
• 18 ft
• 16 ft
• 15 ft

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CCSS.8.EE.A.2

Miss Weber wanted to buy the iPod shuffle (back when that was the cool new thing to have). If the area of the iPod was 9 cm², how long was the side of the iPod shuffle?

• 3 cm

• 9 cm

• 3 in

• 4 cm

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CCSS.3.MD.C.7B

CCSS.4.MD.A.3

The area of a square is 117 square meters. Which best represents the length of a side of the square? 

• 10.8 m
• 11 m
• 10 m
• 11.2 m

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

If I know the area of a square, how do I find the side length?

• I square the area.
• I divide the area by 2.
• I take the square root of the area.
• I divide the area by 4.

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CCSS.3.MD.C.7B

CCSS.4.MD.A.3

What is the side length of a square that has an area of 121?

• 11
• 60.5
• 30.25
• 14641

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CCSS.8.EE.A.2

What is the side length of a square that has an area of 40?

• 20
• 10
• 1600
• 6.3

Tags

CCSS.3.MD.C.7B

CCSS.4.MD.A.3

If you had a square garden with an area of 16 square feet, what would be the length, in feet, of one side of the garden

• 8

• 4

• 7

• 16

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

What is the length of a side of the square shown?

• 42.25 inches

• 84.5 inches

• 13 inches

• 14 inches

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3