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title: "Year 5 Maths: Square Numbers"
url: "https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2024-10-30-year-5-maths-square-numbers"
school: "Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy"
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# Year 5 Maths: Square Numbers

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In maths, Year 5 are learning about multiplication and division.  We have learnt about multiples, factors and prime numbers, and have moved onto understanding square numbers.  To help with our understanding, we created square arrays with counters.  We discovered that 4 is a square number - because we could create a square shaped array with 4 counters.  We also discovered that 6 is not a square number!

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