EngageNY
Existence and Uniqueness of Square Roots and Cube Roots
Teach cube roots by building on an understanding of square roots. The third installment of a 25-part series asks learners to solve simple quadratic and cubic equations using roots. Scholars compare square roots and cube roots throughout...
Charleston School District
Evaluation of Roots
You mean the square root of five and five don't have the same value? Learners estimate the value of irrational roots. As they practice estimating the value, they increase their understanding of roots. The lesson is the fourth in a series...
Virginia Department of Education
Simplifying Square Roots of Whole Numbers
Simplify your life by using a resource on simplifying square roots. Pupils review square roots and calculate values of given radical expressions using a calculator. The lesson concludes by having them consider the results to develop the...
Curated OER
Powers and Roots
Eighth graders determine the square and cube roots of given numbers in this math lesson plan. They determine the missing number in a sequence. Additionally, they calculate the interior and exterior polygon angles.
Curated OER
Squares, Square Roots, and Exponential Expressions
Students explore the concepts of square roots and exponential expressions. In this square root and exponential expression lesson, students complete an investigation called Building A Square Patio. Students use color tiles to develop the...
Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing
Roots and the Pythagorean Theorem
In this roots and the Pythagorean Theorem activity, learners solve 15 different types of problems related to square roots and applying the Pythagorean Theorem. They first determine the square root of each number and then, the cube root....
EngageNY
Graphing Cubic, Square Root, and Cube Root Functions
Is there a relationship between powers and roots? Here is a lesson that asks individuals to examine the graphical relationship. Pupils create a table of values and then graph a square root and quadratic equation. They repeat the process...
EngageNY
Roots of Unity
Visualize the nth roots of unity. Pupils calculate the nth roots of unity and find all n roots. Learners plot the solutions in the complex plane and observe that they are the vertices of a regular n-gon inscribed in the unit circle....
West Contra Costa Unified School District
Graph Square Root and Cube Root Functions
Scholars first learn to graph square root and cube root functions by creating a table of values. They then learn how to graph functions from transformation of the graphs of the parent square root and cube root functions.
Curated OER
Square Roots and Quadratics.
In this algebra worksheet, learners solve for the square root and calculate and solve roots. There are 10 questions with an answer key.
EngageNY
Comparing Quadratic, Square Root, and Cube Root Functions Represented in Different Ways
Need a real scenario to compare functions? This lesson has it all! Through application, individuals model using different types of functions. They analyze each in terms of the context using the key features of the graphs.
Curated OER
Simplifying Roots
In this simplifying roots worksheet, students simplify given roots and express them in terms of exponents. Explanations and examples are provided. This three-page worksheet contains ten problems.
Charleston School District
Solving Exponent Equations
Show your class that not all equations are linear. The lesson asks learners to solve simple quadratic and cubic equations using square and cube roots. Problems include equations with no solutions.
Curated OER
Rational Exponents
Investigate rational exponents in this math instructional activity. Scholars make conjectures about the relationship between rational exponents and radicals. They then use their Ti-Nspire to simplify rational exponents.
Curated OER
Easy Worksheet: Simplifying Radicals
In this simplifying radicals worksheet, high schoolers solve 18 short answer problems. Students simplify radicals of non-perfect square numbers. High schoolers find the square and cube roots of positive rational numbers.
EngageNY
Comparing Irrational Numbers
Build on your classes' understanding of irrational numbers by comparing their values. The 13th lesson in the 25-part module has individuals estimate values of both perfect and non-perfect roots. They finish by graphing these numbers on a...
University of Utah
Integer Exponents, Scientific Notation and Volume
A one-stop resource for exponents, square and cube roots, scientific notation, and volume formulas guides learners through properties of exponents. As they learn to apply these properties to operations with scientific notation,...
EngageNY
Stretching and Shrinking Graphs of Functions
Why is that graph wider? Pupils learn about stretching and shrinking graphs of square root, absolute value, cubic, and quadratic functions. They study both vertical and horizontal stretches and shrinks in addition to reflections.
EngageNY
Translating Graphs of Functions
If you know one, you know them all! Parent functions all handle translations the same. This lesson examines the quadratic, absolute value, and square root functions. Pupils discover the similarities in the behavior of the graphs when...
Virginia Department of Education
Simply Radical
Simplifying is radical, dude! After reviewing how to simplify square roots of whole numbers, scholars consider how to simplify square roots of algebraic monomials. Also taken under consideration is how to simplify cube roots of whole...
McGraw Hill
Adding and Subtracting Radicals
Help remove some of the confusion surrounding the addition and subtraction of radical numbers with this set skills practice problems. Taken straight from the pages of a math text book, this resource provides learners with numerous...
Flipped Math
Add and Subtract Radicals
Radically apply old skills to a new concept. Pupils learn how to add and subtract radicals by applying previously learned skills of simplifying radicals and combining like terms. The video shows examples with both square and cube roots....
Curated OER
Trigonometric Function
In this trigonometric functions worksheet, 11th graders solve and complete 6 various types of problems. First, they express each of the expressions in trigonometric form. Then, students use DeMoivre's Theorem to express each of the...
Curated OER
Order of Operations
In this order of operations learning exercise, students simplify and evaluate 10 different types of problems by applying the order of operations in each. They simplify basic equations whether multiplication, division, addition, or...