POWERS AND ROOTS

LEARNING INTENTIONS
You should be able to:
• recognise square and cube numbers
• calculate the square root and cube
root of those numbers
• recognise the connection of square
numbers and the area of a square
• recognise the connection of cube
numbers and the volume of a cube
 SQUARE NUMBERS
Area = 3 x 3
= 3²
3 9
=9
√

Area = 4 x 4
4 16 = 4²
= 16
 Area = 5 x 5 = 5² = 25

5 25

Calculate the area of the square

Area= x x x = x²
x If x² = 36 what is x ?
x = √36 = √(6 x 6) = 6
x
 CUBE NUMBERS

Volume = 3 x 3 x 3 Volume = 4 x 4 x 4
= 3³ = 27
= 4³ = 64

4 64
3 27
 What is the volume of this
cube?

y Volume = y x y x y
= y³
y y If y³ = 125 what is y?
y= 125 = (5 x 5 x 5)
y=5
In your 100 square,

shade in all the square

numbers BLUE

and all the cube numbers

GREEN
 EXAMPLES
(1) Explain how we know √17 lies between 4 and 5

√16 = √(4 x 4) = 4
√ 17
√25 = √(5 x 5) = 5
(2) Explain how we know 10 lies between 2 and 3

8 = (2 x 2 x 2) = 2
10
27 = (3 x 3 x 3) = 3
 EXAMPLES
(3) What two consecutive whole numbers is √70 between?

√64= √(8 x 8) = 8
√70 lies between 8 and 9
√81 = √(9 x 9) = 9

(4) What two consecutive whole numbers is 50 between?

27 = (3 x 3 x 3)= 3
50 lies between 3 and 4
64 = ( 4 x 4 x 4)= 4
MATHS FRAMEWORKING,
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EXERCISE 8B
NUMBERS 1-7
LEAVE OUT NUMBER 5
 FOR CLASSWORK BOOKS
(1) What two consecutive whole numbers is √60 between?

(2) What two consecutive whole numbers is 30 between?

(3) Explain how we know √30 lies between 5 and 6

(4) Explain how we know 110 lies between 4 and 5

 ANSWERS
(1) What two consecutive whole numbers is √60 between?
√49= √(7 x 7) = 7 √60 lies between
√60 7 and 8
√64= √(8 x 8) = 8

(2) What two consecutive whole numbers is 30 between?

27 = 3x3x3=3
30 30 lies
64 = 4 x 4 x 4 = 4 between 3 and 4
 ANSWERS
(3) Explain how we know √30 lies between 5 and 6

√25= √(5 x 5) = 5
√30
√36= √(6 x 6) = 6

(4) Explain how we know 110 lies between 4 and 5

64 = 4x4x4=4
110
125 = 5 x 5 x 5 = 5
CONCLUSION

√3³
√12²
7²36
81
5²
64
125