Fill in the blanks:

(i) The square of an even number is….


(ii) The square of an odd number is…….


(iii) The square of a proper fraction is ………..than the given fraction.


(iv) n2 = the sum of first n ……. natural numbers.

(i) The square of an even number is even

(ii) The square of an odd number is odd


(iii) The square of a proper fraction is smaller than the given fraction


(iv) n2 = the sum of first n odd natural numbers


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