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Square Roots of Perfect Squares

A square of area 0.4: can its side be written as a fraction? Cut the square into cells and find out which areas finish.

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The question

Can a square of area 0.4 have a side we can write as a fraction?

Think about it

Layla paints a square sign. Its area is 0.4 square metres.

Yousef says each side must be 0.2 metres. Layla is not sure.

Is Yousef right?