Between which two consecutive whole numbers does 71 squares lie? Fill out the sentence below to justify your answer and use your mouse to drag 71 squared to an appropriately correct location on the number line
To find between which two consecutive whole numbers 71 squares lie, we need to find the square root of 71. The square root of 71 is approximately 8.426. Since 8.426 is between 8 and 9, 71 squares lie between the whole numbers 8 and 9.
To represent this on the number line, we can place 71 squared (5081) between 64 (8 squared) and 81 (9 squared).