Square Number — 7² = 49 — free printable diagram

What is 7 squared?

7 squared is 49. Squaring a number means multiplying it by itself, so 7² = 7 × 7 = 49. Read the other way round, the square root of 49 is 7.

Calculation

7² = 7 × 7

Answer

49

In words

forty-nine

Square root

√49 = 7

Position

the 7th square number

• Squaring means multiplying a number by itself, so 7² = 7 × 7 = 49.
• 49 is called a square number because 49 counters can be arranged in a perfect square of 7 rows with 7 in each row.
• The opposite of squaring is taking the square root, so √49 = 7.
• 7 squared is not 7 × 2. 7 × 2 = 14, but 7² = 49.
• Each square number is the odd numbers added up in order: 49 − 36 = 13, so the gap from 36 to 49 is 13.