Square and Cube Roots MRS. RAUCH
How do we square a number? Can we square negative numbers?
Square Roots
Perfect Squares
What does cubing a number mean?
Cubing a number
Practice with cubes 4 cubed 5 cubed 6 cubed
Cube Roots A cube root goes the other direction 3 cubed is 27 so the cube root of 27 is 3 The cube root of a number is a special value that when cubed gives the original number The cube root of 27 is 3 because when 3 is cubed you get 27 When you see “root” think…… I know the tree but what is the root that produced it?
Practice with Cube Roots What is the cube root of 125? What is the cube root of 8? What is the cube root of 1000?
The cube root sign
Can you cube negative numbers?
Cubing Negative Numbers When we cube 5 we get…. When we cube -5 we get… So can cube roots be negative?
Perfect Cubes