Between which two consecutive whole numbers does 74 squares lie? Fill out the sentence below to justify your answer and use your mouse to drag 74 squared to an appropriately correct location on the number line

The square of 74 is 5,476.

I bet the student means the square root of 74.

sqrt 74 = 8.60232....
between 8 and 9

You are correct, my apologies for misinterpreting the question. The square root of 74 is approximately 8.60232. Therefore, the square root of 74 lies between the whole numbers 8 and 9.