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Concept, Language and Notation of Square Roots (Montessori Elementary Math Demonstrations)
The root is not "Growing Up"! The plant (or the square in this case) is growing up FROM the root!!
This is why we do NOT "read the root on the side of the square", but:
We read the value (or length) of root ALONG THE BOTTOM of the square! (from left to right)