Squares, cubes, square roots and cube roots of integers

What does it mean when a number is SQUARED?

• The number is multiplied by itself twice

• Ask yourself: what times what gives me the number under the square root?

• The number multiplied by itself three times

• Ask yourself: what times what times what give me the number under the cube root?

What is the SQUARE ROOT of a number?

• Ask yourself: what times what times what give me the number under the cube root?

• The number is multiplied by itself twice

• The number multiplied by itself three times

• Ask yourself: what times what gives me the number under the square root?

What does it mean when a number is CUBED?

• Ask yourself: what times what gives me the number under the square root?

• Ask yourself: what times what times what give me the number under the cube root?

• The number multiplied by itself three times

• The number multiplied by itself three times

What is the CUBE ROOT of a number?

• The number multiplied by itself three times

• Ask yourself: what times what times what give me the number under the cube root?

• The number multiplied by itself twice

• Ask yourself: what times what gives me the number under the square root?

 $2^2=$  

• 2

• 4

• 1

• 8

 $\sqrt{4}=$  

• 1

• 4

• 2

• 8

 $2^3=$  

• 6

• 4

• 2

• 8

What is the cube root of 8?

• 4

• 2

• 8

• 3

 $\left(-2\right)^2=$  

• -2

• -4

• 4

• -8

 $\left(-2\right)^3=$  

• -8

• 8

• -6

• 6