Gimme 5!! and I’ll do the same for the square

what a happy, hand-slappin’ holiday pair!!

a little calendar math to brighten the day

share it with friends, hip hip hooray!!

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Square Root Day is Monday, 5/5/25. This is the only such day in the 20-year span from 4/4/16 to 6/6/36!!

Ron Gordon

(650) 364 0652

rongordon135@gmail.com

Things for folks to do on Square Root Day: It's a good day to.......get things squared away, try to fit a square peg into a round hole, go square dancing, tie a square knot, travel on Route 66, drink rootbeer from a square glass, root for the underdog, eat a square meal, or watch the pigs root around.

We've established a contest with two prize packets. Each group of winners will share the date in dollars---$552.5. One packet will be divided among 25 U.S. winners. A second grouping will share the international prize, also totaling $552.5. The winners will be those who involve the most people in a Square Root celebration. Entries can include creating the largest square root sign from people, serving rootbeer in square glasses to the most folks, or cutting many roots into squares (well, cubes) for a square root stew.

There are only 9 of these days in a century, so let’s all enjoy a little math fun on Monday, 5/5/25. We're hopeful of generating a lot of interest and enthusiasm, and giving lots of folks a smile.

Our favorite creative artist, who breathes joy into stick figures, has a Facebook page for a virtual event---all are invited---bring your friends!!

On 2/2/4 we cut vegetable roots into squares and Fed Ex'd them to Punxsutawney, where Groundhog Phil nibbled a bit. It will be next century before another rendezvous with Phil.     In 2016, March Math Madness had a glorious final date: The Sweet 4 Squared winnowed to the Final Two Squared, which culminated in the NCAA Championship. The Final game shared the spotlight on Square Root Day, 4/4/16, with the opening of the Major League season---see, college math isn't that hard!

The simplest way to celebrate Square Root Day?---just share it with a friend. Greet them with the news of the day---and they, in turn, can tell another. It's kind of like a secret that you can't help sharing. A little math, a little smile, a little fun---that's Square Root Day!

These days are like calendar comets---you wait and wait and wait for them, then they brighten up your day--and poof--they're gone!

Square Roots are like the fountain of youth---those of us who turned 8 squared just after 3/3/9 won’t reach 9 squared until a year after 5/5/25!!---(and on my heaviest day, I've never tipped the scales at more than 14 squared)

Gimme 5!! and I’ll do the same for the square

what a happy, hand-slappin’ holiday pair!!

a little calendar math to brighten the day

share it with friends, hip hip hooray!!

© 2025 Ron Gordon, Square Root Day