Squares and Cube Root
Squares and Cube Root
Squares
A square is a number multiplied by itself. For example, 4x4 is four squared. In math notation,
with “n” representing any number, a number squared is written as n2, so four squared would be
written as
42. The following is a list of common perfect squares:
02 = 0 72 = 49 142 = 196
12 = 1 82 = 64 152 = 225
22 = 4 92 = 81 162 = 256
32 = 9 102 = 100 172 = 289
42 = 16 112 = 121 182 = 324
52 = 25 122 = 144 192 = 361
62 = 36 132 = 169 202 = 400
Square Roots
The opposite operation of squaring a number is finding its square root, and square roots are
written with the radical symbol “√ ” over them. Because squaring and finding a number’s square
root are
opposite operations, they cancel each other out. For example, √25 = 5 because 52 = 25.
The following is a list of common perfect square roots:
√0 = 0 √36 = 6 √144 = 12
√1 = 1 √49 = 7 √169 = 13
√4 = 2 √64 = 8 √196 = 14
√9 = 3 √81 = 9 √225 = 15
√16 = 4 √100 = 10 √256 = 16
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