What is Square (algebra)?
{{otheruses|||Square (disambiguation)}} [[File:Five Squared.svg|thumb|Five squared]] In [[mathematics]], a '''square''' of a number means the result of [[multiply]]ing the number by itself. For example, the square of 6 is 6×6 = 36. It is named this because squaring a number gives the area of a [[square]]. Squaring a number can also be written as 6<sup>2</sup> = 36. Squaring is the same as [[Exponentiation|raising to]] the power of 2. Many of the units of area are squares. For example, a ''square meter'' means the area equal to the area of a [[rectangle]] which is one meter tall and one meter wide. ==Related pages== * [[Square number]] {{math-stub}} [[Category:Algebra]]