Square Number — 6² = 36 — free printable diagram

What is 6 squared?

6 squared is 36. Squaring a number means multiplying it by itself, so 6² = 6 × 6 = 36. Read the other way round, the square root of 36 is 6.

Calculation

6² = 6 × 6

Answer

36

In words

thirty-six

Square root

√36 = 6

Position

the 6th square number

• Squaring means multiplying a number by itself, so 6² = 6 × 6 = 36.
• 36 is called a square number because 36 counters can be arranged in a perfect square of 6 rows with 6 in each row.
• The opposite of squaring is taking the square root, so √36 = 6.
• 6 squared is not 6 × 2. 6 × 2 = 12, but 6² = 36.
• Each square number is the odd numbers added up in order: 36 − 25 = 11, so the gap from 25 to 36 is 11.