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Square Cube Roots Irrational Numbers

The document covers key concepts related to square roots, cube roots, perfect squares, perfect cubes, and irrational numbers. It explains how to identify and simplify these roots, provides examples of perfect squares and cubes, and distinguishes between rational and irrational roots. Additionally, it includes practice problems with solutions to reinforce understanding of the material.

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Square Cube Roots Irrational Numbers

The document covers key concepts related to square roots, cube roots, perfect squares, perfect cubes, and irrational numbers. It explains how to identify and simplify these roots, provides examples of perfect squares and cubes, and distinguishes between rational and irrational roots. Additionally, it includes practice problems with solutions to reinforce understanding of the material.

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Square Roots, Cube Roots, Perfect Squares/Cubes, and Irrational

Numbers
1. Key Ideas
- Square root of a number a is a number b such that b² = a. - A perfect square is an integer equal to
n² for some integer n. - Cube root of a is a number c such that c³ = a. - A perfect cube is an integer
equal to n³ for some integer n. - A number is irrational if it cannot be expressed as a fraction of
integers. - Simplify square roots by factoring out perfect-square factors.

2. Perfect Squares & Square Roots


Perfect squares: 0, 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, 100, 121, 144, 169, 196, 225, 256, 289, 324, 361,
400. Examples: √36 = 6, √144 = 12, √1 = 1. Non-perfect square examples: √2 ≈ 1.414 (irrational),
√3 ≈ 1.732 (irrational). Simplify: √50 = √(25×2) = 5√2, √72 = √(36×2) = 6√2.

3. Perfect Cubes & Cube Roots


Perfect cubes: 0, 1, 8, 27, 64, 125, 216, 343, 512, 729, 1000. Examples: ■27 = 3, ■8 = 2, ■125 =
5, ■(-8) = -2. ■2 ≈ 1.2599 (irrational), ■16 ≈ 2.5198 (irrational).

4. Rational vs Irrational Roots


- Perfect square/cube roots → rational. - Non-perfect → irrational. Examples: √49 = 7 (rational), √50
= 5√2 (irrational), ■64 = 4 (rational), ■20 (irrational).

5. Locating Roots on the Number Line


Example: √2 is between 1 and 2 (≈1.414), √5 ≈ 2.236 (between 2 and 3), ■16 ≈ 2.52 (between 2
and 3).

6. Practice Problems
1. √196 2. Simplify √200 3. Simplify √32 4. Is √7 rational or irrational? 5. ■(-125) 6. Approximate
√53 7. Simplify √27 + √12 8. True or False: √4.41 = 2.1 Answers: 1. 14 2. 10√2 3. 4√2 4. Irrational 5.
-5 6. 7.2801 (between 7 and 8) 7. 5√3 8. True

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