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Any value multiplied by itself is a square. If that value is multiplied by itself and then by itself again, it is termed a cube. Squares and cubes are represented by the exponent powers 2 and 3 respectively. The reverse operations to squaring and cubing would be finding the square root and finding the cube root.
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A square has four sides of equal length. Its four angles are all right angles. The diagonals bisect each other at right angles and bisect the corner angles.
In geometry, a quadrilateral (four-sided) plane figure with all sides equal and each angle a right angle. Its diagonals bisect each other at right angles. The area A of a square is the length l of one side multiplied by itself (A = l × l).
Also, any quantity multiplied by itself is termed a square, represented by an exponent of power 2; for example, 4 × 4 = 42 = 16 and 6.8 × 6.8 = 6.82 = 46.24.
An algebraic term is squared by doubling its exponent and squaring its coefficient if it has one; for example, (x2)2 = x4 and (6y3)2 = 36y6. A number that has a whole number as its square root is known as a perfect square; for example, 25, 144, and 54,756 are perfect squares (with roots of 5, 12, and 234, respectively).
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