Approximating Square Roots - Part1 Fill in the Gaps & Part2 Estimate & Record

This is an engaging activity on approximating square roots. It consists of two parts/slides. On the first page/slide (Part 1 of this activity) students are given 16 double inequalities like a< empty<b where a and b are decimals (positive and negative). Students are also given 18 square roots (numbers) in a table. They are asked to fill in the gaps in the double inequalities so the inequalities to become true statements. On the second page/slide (Part 2 of this activity) students are given 20 radical expressions in a table to estimate rounding to nearest tenth. They are asked to record their approximations in the empty cells of the given table. The expressions are of the types a√b, a±b√c and (a±b√c)/d where a,b,c and d are integers.

Answer keys are included.

NOTE: This product is created as a Google Slides product. I have converted it to PDF item here. I have included 2 PDF files - the one has each slide as a page and the other has two slides on a page for easy and more economic printing!