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Square - A quadrilateral (four sided shape) where all 4 sides are the same length and all 4 angles are right angles.
Square a number - To multiply a number by itself. The square of 2 is 4 as 2 x 2 = 4.
Square root. The number that when squared will result in the original number. The square root of 4 is 2 as 2 x 2 = 4.
Subtraction - The process of finding the difference between two numbers. 5 - 2 = 3, thus the subtraction of 2 from 5 results in a difference of 3.
Sum - The result of an addition problem. The sum of 2 + 3 is 5.



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