Square and Cube Roots

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What is the square root of 64?

Back

8

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What is the cube root of 27?

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3

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Define a perfect square.

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A perfect square is a number that can be expressed as the square of an integer.

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What is the square root of a number?

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The square root of a number is a value that, when multiplied by itself, gives the original number.

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What is the cube root of a number?

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The cube root of a number is a value that, when multiplied by itself three times, gives the original number.

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Is 100 a perfect square?

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Yes, because the square root of 100 is 10, which is a whole number.

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Is 125 a perfect cube?

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Yes, because the cube root of 125 is 5, which is a whole number.

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What is the opposite operation of squaring a number?

Back

Taking the square root.

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What is the opposite operation of cubing a number?

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Taking the cube root.

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List one example of a number that has both a whole number square root and cube root.

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64, because the square root is 8 and the cube root is 4.