Question

Fill in the blank: The opposite of __________________ a number is finding the square root. Squared means to raise to the power of ___.

squaring, 4

squaring, 2

cubing, 3

doubling, 2

Answer 1

B. Squaring, 2

Explanation:

When you Square a number, doing the opposite is finding the square root. When squaring a number, you multiply the number by itself, the number it raises the the power of 2.