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Square & Cube Root Values & Order of Operations Notes

Square Roots! Use Square Roots to Solve Equations


 The opposite of squaring a number is finding a  X2 = 49/81
__________ _________.  Take Square Root of Each side.
 A square root of a number is one of its two _______  _____________________________________
factors. ____________________________________
 Since 4 x 4 = 16, a square root of 16 is ___. ____________________________________
Square Roots Practice: Solve
 A radical sign is used to indicate a square root.  1. Y2 = 144 ________________________________
 2. X2 = 64 ________________________________
 3. A2 = 0.09 ________________________________
 4. H2 = 169 ________________________________
Cube Roots
 Remember 43 is read “________ _________”
 4 * 4 * 4 = _________
 Cube Root – the cube root of a number is one of its
 = ____________
______________ equal factors.
 5 x 5 x 5 = ____________
 So: ___________ = ____________ (Use Chart)
 - = ___________
Perfect Cubes (Refer to your Chart)
 Ex. 1: ______________________________________
 Numbers such as 1, 4, 9, 16, and 25 are called
 Ex. 2: ______________________________________
__________ squares because they are squares of
Practice:
whole numbers.
 1. ________________________________________
Refer to the Handout for These Numbers
 2. ________________________________________
 Example 1: ______________________________  3. ________________________________________
 Example 2: _______________________________ Solving Cube Root Equations
 Example 3: _______________________________  Ex 3: x3 = 27
________________________________________  Take the Cube root of each side
 Example 4: _______________________________ o _______ = __________
________________________________________ o X = __________
________________________________________ Practice:
Practice: Find each square root  1. Y3 = 125 _____________________
 1. ______________________________________  2. T3 = 343 _____________________
 2. ______________________________________  3. A3 = 512 _____________________
 3. ______________________________________
 4. ______________________________________
o 8+5 
2 / 12 ? ___________
Order of Operations  Be careful with your calculator.
 A standard way to simplify mathematical __________ o Use ( ) for ______________ .
and ______________. A variable expression can be evaluated by
 Purpose - ____________________________ substituting values.
 Order of operations are rules that mathematicians  Evaluate: b2 – 4a
agree upon to avoid _________________ when 5
simplifying math expressions . o When a = 1 and b = 3
The Rules: _____________________________________________
 1. Simplify within _________________ _____________________________________________
o ( ), { }, [ ], | | _____________________________________________
 2. Simplify _________________ - Powers. _____________________________________________
 3. _________ and ________ from Left to Right. Evaluate: h + 5 when h = 63
 4. ___________ and ________ from Left to Right. _____________________________________________
Back to Our Example Evaluate 2(a + b) When a = 4 and b = 3
 What is the correct answer? _____________ _____________________________________________
Example 1: 7 + 3 * 5 * 4 _____________________________________________
Answer: _________________________ _____________________________________________
Example 2: 9/4 + 3 ( 6 - 3 ) Evaluate: b2 + ab when a = 4 and b = 3
Answer: ___________________________ 7
____________________________ _____________________________________________
How can we remember this? _____________________________________________
 _________________ - Please _____________________________________________
 _________________ - Excuse _______________________________________
 ___________________ - My _______________________________________
 ___________________ - Dear _______________________________________
 ___________________ - Aunt _______________________________________
 ___________________ - Sally _______________________________________
Try These: _______________________________________
 4 + 5 • 3= _______________ _______________________________________
 3 • 2 + 6= ________________ _______________________________________
 1 + 2 • 4 + 3= ______________ _______________________________________
 (7 + 4) • 5= ________________ _______________________________________
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 4 • 2 + 3 = ________________ _______________________________________
How About These? _______________________________________
 8 - 3 + 1 = ______________________________ _______________________________________
 20 ÷ 2 • 5 = ____________________________ _______________________________________
 8+5*2 = _______________________________________
12 _________________________________ _______________________________________
 Is this the same as
_______________________________________ _______________________________________

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