LearnFun Comics#19
Tile Trickery Town
Square tiles and silly lies. Who can trust the Goblin?
Starring Momo
Squares and square roots · Class 8
Squares and square roots · Class 8
Tile Trickery Town: Squares and square roots comic
Squareville
Momo: Square tiles for a new playground! Momo counted, just to be sure.
The Sum Goblin: Take my tiles, Momo. Lie about side length.
Momo: Side length? What’s that? Maybe I should measure... or ask?
Squares and square roots
Squares numbers times themselves
Square roots undo squaring
Four's square root is two
Momo: I see, so 2 times 2 is 4. And 4 is the square of 2!
The Sum Goblin: Say tile 4 is 2 squared. Momo says 3, buys more!
Momo: If a tile is 9, what’s its square root? 3 times 3 is 9!
3 squared = 9
Square root of 9 = 3
Momo's tip
Square root of 16 is 4
4 squared = 16
Square root of 16 = 4
Momo: Always check by squaring. If you’re right, you get the tile!
Your turn, hero!
The Sum Goblin♥♥♥
A square tile covers 81 small squares. What is the square root of 81?
9. 9 × 9 = 81.
The Sum Goblin: Oh, and Momo, if 9 tiles are 3 squared, why not 10? Haha, another tile for free!
What is the square root of 49?
7. 7 × 7 = 49.
The final battle
The Sum Goblin♥♥♥
Momo finds 225. Square root, then square. What number?
225. 15 × 15 = 225.
The Sum Goblin: Square roots? Boring. Momo will fall.
Momo: No, no! I measured and counted. Squares never lie!
Squareville playground is safe. The goblin’s tricks are up!
The End?
Villain card won! Answer again in a few days and it turns gold.
Remember
- Squares are numbers times themselves
- Square roots undo squaring
- Always check by squaring
But why does Momo feel like she’s missing something? A note from the goblin falls to the ground...
A comic book about Squares and square roots. Follow Momo, learn the idea, and answer three questions to beat The Sum Goblin.