Square and Cube Roots

Category 1

100

Radical

What is the symbol for square or cube root?

200

1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, ...

What are examples of perfect squares?

300

2

What is

sqrt(4)?

400

-5

(cube)

What is 

root(3)(-125) or -root(3)(125)?

500

2/3

What is 

sqrt(4/9)?

Category 2

100

Index

What identifies the root?

200

1, 8, 27, 64, ...

What are examples of perfect cubes?

300

5

What is 

sqrt(25)?

400

10

What is 

sqrt(100)?

500

4/7

What is 

sqrt(16/49)?

Category 3

100

Radicand

What is the number inside the radical?

200

False, 4³ = 64

True or False:

4³ = 12

300

2

(cube)

What is 

root(3)(8)?

400

-6

(cube)

What is 

root(3)(-216) or -root(3)(216)?

500

3/5

(cube)

What is 

root(3)(27/125)?

Category 4

100

Square root

What root of a number is a number that, when raised to the 2nd power, gives the radicand?

200

True, 5² = 25

True or False:

5² = 25

300

-6

What is 

-sqrt(36)?

400

7

What is 

sqrt(49)?

500

3/4

(simplified)

What is 

sqrt(81/144)?

Category 5

100

Cube root

What root of a number is a number that, when raised to the 3rd power, gives the radicand?

200

False, 10² = 100

True or False:

10² = 20

300

3

(cube)

What is 

root(3)(27)?

400

-8

What is 

-sqrt(64)?

500

-2/3

(cube, simplified)

What is 

-root(3)(64/216)?