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REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) - Dust off the slide rules and recharge the calculators. Square Root Day is upon us.

The math-buffs' holiday, which only occurs nine times each century, is today - 3/3/09 (for the mathematically challenged, three is the square root of nine).

"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," said Ron Gordon, a Redwood City teacher who started a contest meant to get people excited about the event.

The winner gets, of course, $339 for having the biggest Square Root Day event.

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