Roots and Roots and Irrational Irrational NumbersNumbers

Section 1.5

2.0 Students understand and use such operations as taking the opposite, finding the reciprocal, taking a root, and raising to a fractional power. They understand and use the rules of exponents.

California Standards

Objectives:

In this lesson you’ll:

• Evaluate expressions containing roots. • Classify numbers within the real number system

Words to know…

• Square root Square root - a number which, when multiplied by itself, produces the given number. (Ex. 7² = 49, 7 is the square

• root of 49)

• Perfect square-Perfect square- any number that has an integer square root.(ex. 100 is a perfect square ,

• Cube root Cube root - a number that is raised to the third power to form a product is a cube root. (ex 23=8, =2)

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Square RootsSquares

0² = 0

1² = 1

2² = 4

3² = 9

4² = 16

5² = 25

6² = 36

7² = 49

8² = 64

9² = 81

10² = 100

Perfect Square Roots

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11 24 39 416

525

636 749

864

Are squares and square roots inverses?

932

2552

8192

39

525

981

A square root is the inverse operation of a square!

Do you know your perfect squares?

1) 49 ?

2) 64 ?

3) 9 ?

5)112 ?

4)52 ?

6)142 ?

7 and -7

8 and -8

3 and -3

25

121

196

Square RootsPositive real numbers have two square roots.

Find the square roots of 16.

The square roots of 16 are 4 and - 4.

4 4 = 42 = 16 = 4 Positive squareroot of 16

(–4)(–4) = (–4)2 = 16 = –4 Negative squareroot of 16

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Find each root.

Think: What number squared equals 81?

Think: What number squared equals 25?

You try

Think: What number cubed equals –216?

C.

= –6 (–6)(–6)(–6) = 36(–6) = –216

Finding Roots of Fractions.You try

Think: What number squared equals

a.

Think: What number cubed equals

b.

Words to know…• Natural numbers Natural numbers - The counting numbers. (example: 1, 2,

3…)

• Whole numbers Whole numbers - The natural numbers and zero.(example: 0, 1,2,3…)

• Integers Integers -The whole numbers and their opposites.(ex: …-3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3…)

• Rational numbers Rational numbers - Numbers that can be expressed as a fraction (a/b).

Words to know…

• Terminating decimal Terminating decimal -Rational numbers in decimal form that have finite (ends) number of digits. (ex 2/5= 0.40 )

• Repeating decimal Repeating decimal -rational numbers in decimal form that have a block for one or more digits that repeats continuously. (ex. 1.3=1.333333333)

• Irrational numbers Irrational numbers - numbers that cannot be expressed as a fraction including square roots of whole numbers that are not perfect squares and nonterminating decimals that do not repeat.

The real numbers are made up of all rational and irrational numbers.

Note the symbols for the sets of numbers.R: real numbersQ: rational numbersZ: integersW: whole numbersN: natural numbers

Reading Math

Classifying Real Numbers

Write all classifications that apply to each real number.

A.

–32 = –

32 1

rational number, integer, terminating decimal

B.

irrational

–32

–32 can be written in the form .

14 is not a perfect square, so is irrational.

–32 can be written as a terminating decimal.

–32 = –32.0

Write all classifications that apply to each real number.

a. 7

rational number, repeating decimal

Check It Out!

67 9 = 7.444… = 7.4

7 can be written in the form .4 9

can be written as a repeating decimal.

b. –12 –12 can be written in the form .

–12 can be written as a terminating decimal.

rational number, terminating decimal, integer

Write all classifications that apply to each real number.

irrational

100 is a perfect square, so is rational.

10 is not a perfect square, so is irrational.

10 can be written in the form and as a terminating decimal.

natural, rational, terminating decimal, whole, integer

Find each square root.

1. 2.

3. 4.3

5. The area of a square piece of cloth is 68 in2. Estimate to the nearest tenth the side length of the cloth. 8.2 in.

Lesson Quiz

Write all classifications that apply to each real number.

6. –3.89 7.rational, repeating decimal

irrational

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