Square And Cube Roots Flashcards
The number inside the radical
Radicand
The primary square root of a number also known as the positive square root of a number
Principal Square Root
The two negative numbers that you can multiply to give you the number inside a symbol. Since negative times negative equals a positive this will result in a positive answer
Negative square root
The number in the corner of a square root symbol
Index
When you see a number inside this symbol ✅ that indicated that there are 2 numbers that are exactly the same that you can put inside this symbol.
Square Root
When you see a number inside this symbol ✅ with a small 3 in the corner it indicates that there are three numbers that are exactly the same that you can multiply to give you the number inside the symbol.
Cube root
The name of the symbol ✅
Radical