Square & Cube Roots

Presentation Overview

Learning Objectives:
● I can find square roots and cube roots.
● I can estimate square roots.

In this presentation, you will learn about:

● what "roots" are
● what "perfect squares" are
● how to estimate the square root of a number using
what you know about perfect squares
● what a radical sign is
 Consider This...

Take a look at the table n n2

to the right. Can you
fill in the blanks?
0 0
Use what you have
already learned about 1 1
exponents to help you.
2 4

3 9

4 16
 Review: Exponents & Squares

Remember that an exponent tells you how many times

a number is repeatedly multiplied by itself.

A square is a number that is raised to the second

power.
32 = 9

1.52 = 2.25
 Perfect Squares

A perfect square is simply the square of a whole

number.

All the numbers below are examples of perfect

squares.

4 9 16 25

Can you think of another perfect square?

 Square Roots

Just like multiplication and division are inverse

operations, squaring a number also has an inverse
operation, called a square root.

A square root of a number is a number that when

multiplied by itself is equal to the given number.

We use a radical sign to indicate a square root.

It looks like this:
 Finding Square Roots

To find a square root, you must find the number that

when multiplied by itself gives you the given
number.

For example, what is the square root of 81?

81 = ?

?· ?=
81
 Finding Square Roots

To find a square root, you must find the number that

when multiplied by itself gives you the given
number.

For example, what is the square root of 81?

81 = 9

9· 9=
81
 Cube Roots

Just like squaring a number also has an inverse

operation called a square root, cubing a number has an
inverse operation called a cube root.

A cube root is a number that when multiplied three

times equals a given number.

The symbol for cube roots looks like this:

 Cube Roots

For example, the cube root of 27 is 3.

27 = 3
This is because 3 · 3 · 3 = 27

What is the cube root of 64?