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Squares, Square Roots, Cubes and Cube Roots

3.1 Squares and Square Roots

What is a square number?

A square number is the result when a number has been multiplied by itself.

5 𝑠𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑠 5 × 5

52 = 5 × 5

Perfect square is a product of any integer multiply by itself

72 = 7 × 7 = 49

49 is a perfect square!

12 = 1 × 1 = 1 112 = 11 × 11 = 121
22 = 2 × 2 = 4 122 = 12 × 12 = 144
32 = 3 × 3 = 9 132 = 13 × 13 = 169
42 = 4 × 4 = 16 142 = 14 × 14 = 196
52 = 5 × 5 = 25 152 = 15 × 15 = 225
62 = 6 × 6 = 36 162 = 16 × 16 = 256
72 = 7 × 7 = 49 172 = 17 × 17 = 289
82 = 8 × 8 = 64 182 = 18 × 18 = 324
92 = 9 × 9 = 81 192 = 19 × 19 = 361
102 = 10 × 10 = 100 202 = 20 × 20 = 400 and many more…

How do you determine whether a number is a perfect square?

Step 1: Prime Factorisation

Step 3: Determine - is the value of the two groups equal?

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What is the relationship between squares and square roots?

 A square number is the result when a number has been multiplied by itself.
 Then, the square root is just the opposite of the square.

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How do you determine the square of a number?

 We can determine the square of a number by multiplying the number by itself.

How do you determine the square root of a number?

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How do you determine the square root of a positive number using technological tools?

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How do you estimate the square and square root of a number?

What generalisation can be made when two square roots are multiplied?

 the product of two equal square root numbers is the number itself, that is,
√𝑎 × √𝑎 = 𝑎

 the product of two different square root numbers is the square root of the product of
the two numbers, that is,
√𝑎 × √𝑏 = √(𝑎 × 𝑏)

3.2 Cubes and Cube Roots

What are cubes and perfect cubes?

A cube number is the result when a number has been multiplied by itself twice.

5 𝑐𝑢𝑏𝑒𝑑 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑠 5 × 5 × 5

53 = 5 × 5 × 5

Perfect cube is a product of any integer multiply by itself twice

73 = 7 × 7 × 7 = 343

343 is a perfect cube!

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13 = 1 × 1 × 1 = 1 113 = 11 × 11 × 11 = 1331
23 = 2 × 2 × 2 = 8 123 = 12 × 12 × 12 = 1728
33 = 3 × 3 × 3 = 27 133 = 13 × 13 × 13 = 2197
43 = 4 × 4 × 4 = 64 143 = 14 × 14 × 14 = 2744
53 = 5 × 5 × 5 = 125 153 = 15 × 15 × 15 = 3375
63 = 6 × 6 × 6 = 216 163 = 16 × 16 × 16 = 4096
73 = 7 × 7 × 7 = 343 173 = 17 × 17 × 17 = 4913
83 = 8 × 8 × 8 = 512 183 = 18 × 18 × 18 = 5832
93 = 9 × 9 × 9 = 729 193 = 19 × 19 × 19 = 6859
103 = 10 × 10 × 10 = 1000 203 = 20 × 20 × 20 = 8000 and many more…

How do you determine whether a number is a perfect cube?

Step 1: Prime Factorisation

Step 3: Determine - is the value of the three groups equal?

Taken from KPM Mathematics Form 1 DLP Textbook. Prepared by Ms. Nazihah
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What is the relationship between cubes and cube roots?

 A cube number is the result when a number has been multiplied by itself twice.
 Then, the cube root is just the opposite of the cube.

Taken from KPM Mathematics Form 1 DLP Textbook. Prepared by Ms. Nazihah
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How do you determine the cube of a number?

How do you determine the cube root of a number?

Taken from KPM Mathematics Form 1 DLP Textbook. Prepared by Ms. Nazihah
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How do you determine the cube root of a number using technological tools?

Taken from KPM Mathematics Form 1 DLP Textbook. Prepared by Ms. Nazihah
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How do you estimate the cube and cube root of a number?

How do you perform computations involving different operations on squares, square roots,
cubes, and cube roots?

Taken from KPM Mathematics Form 1 DLP Textbook. Prepared by Ms. Nazihah
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Taken from KPM Mathematics Form 1 DLP Textbook. Prepared by Ms. Nazihah