Mathematics GCSE
Square, cube and higher real roots
What Square, cube and higher real roots means in Mathematics GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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The associated real root reverses the process of a power, so a square root, cube root or higher root gives the number whose power equals the given value.
Topics that use Square, cube and higher real roots
- Structure and calculation (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Calculating with powers of 10
- Checking answers by substitution
- Checking for repeats and omissions
- Coefficient
- Conjugate
- Converting between ordinary and standard form
- Counting outcomes in context
- denominator
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