Squaring a number simply means multiplying the number by itself. As an example, if you are calculating a two-year compound growth factor for your business, you multiply the one-year growth rate by ...

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Beth Py-Lieberman - Author, The Object at Hand: Intriguing and Inspiring Stories from the Smithsonian Collections Every year, the celebration of Pi Day (March 14 is 3.14) grows more ambitious. Math ...