Positive and Negative Squares and Cubes

Grade 845 minutes

Learning Objective

I can simplify numerical expressions containing positive and negative perfect square and cube roots.

Practice Questions

This lesson includes 7 practice questions to reinforce learning.

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1. What is the cube root of -27?

2. Explain why you can find the cube root of a negative number, but not the square root of a negative number (without using imaginary numbers).

3. Evaluate: ³√(-8) + √16

...and 4 more questions

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