Square Root Day
Today we took part in Square Root Day. Square Root Day when both the day of the month and the month are the square root of the last two digits of the year. It's a milestone for lovers of numbers, logic, and patterns because 2025 is a perfect square year! Represented as 45245^2452 (since 45×45=202545 \times 45 = 202545×45=2025), this rare occurrence makes the year a special point of reflection and celebration for mathematics fans.
The children took part in interactive games with Lottie and Nora then did some quick fire questions on square roots. We noticed that there is a pattern with the square numbers which read odd than an even, odd, even. So we can check if when we are multiplying numbers we have the correct answer.
Patterns help us to predict what comes next.
Following this the hosts did a Q and A and St Barnabas got a live question shout out and asked “ What inspired them to be a mathematician?”
Another question asked by another school was “ Who invented the square root?” which turned out to be a school in Ancient Greece.
The children loved sharing the session with other schools across the country and did so brilliantly!
