Question

Look at the two points on the number line. Each number graphed is the square root of a whole number that is not a perfect square. Write appropriate square root in each box. Explain how you found those answers.

Answer 1

2.8 and 4.4

Explanation:

The distance between tick marks is 0.25.

Since the first number is greater than 2.75, we can approximate is as 2.28.

The second number is less than 4.50, we can approximate it as 4.4.