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March 3, 2009

Square root day

Kids who love math might like to know that it's square root day -- an event that occurs only nine times a century. (For example, today's date is 3/3/09 -- and 3 times 3 is, of course, 9.) The next square root day won't come until 4/4/16.

You'll find ideas for marking the occasion here, here and here, including details on a Facebook page.

Posted by Kate Shatzkin at 10:28 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)

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I did not know about square root day. This is very interesting. I am not a kid, but I loved math as a child. I wonder how many teachers knew about square root day, this would be a great way thing to use in a math lesson in class today.

Posted by: Megan Pittman | March 3, 2009 1:21 PM

Hey Kate: One of my teenagers wrote on our family calendar that next week is Pi Day (3.14)!

Posted by: Cheryl from Maryland Family | March 6, 2009 7:39 PM

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About Kate Shatzkin

Kate Shatzkin is the parenting and families content editor at The Baltimore Sun and, before that, was its family beat reporter. But her most challenging and rewarding job is being mother to Leah, 8, and Sam, 6.

In her 14 years at The Baltimore Sun, Kate also has covered nonprofit organizations, prisons and courts, and has written several investigative series. She was previously a Knight journalism fellow at Yale Law School and a reporter at the Seattle Times and at the Patriot-Ledger of Quincy, Mass. She lives in Baltimore with her family.

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