 | James Robinson (of Boston.) - 1847 - 304 pages
...*/25 -}-ll is 6 ; the cube root of ,4/64 — 27 + 88 is 5. EXTRACTION OF THE SQUARE ROOT. Art. 172. THE square root of a number is one of its two equal factors. The extraction of the square root of a number is the method of finding one of its two equal factors.... | |
 | Education - 1898 - 404 pages
...determined when the area is the only element given. The child can thus be led inductively to see that the square root of a number is one of its two equal factors. Whatever the method it should be based upon clear insight on the part of the pupil. This is true even... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - Arithmetic - 1857 - 376 pages
...Note 1). The number of times the root is to be taken as a factor depends upon the name of the root. The square root of a number is one of its two equal factors ; the cube root is one of its three equal factors ; etc. ; thus, the square root of 64 is 8, for 8... | |
 | Charles Davies - Algebra - 1859 - 324 pages
...+ *o2а"2 — Sb3d3 + 16o4d . CHAPTER VIL SQUABE BOOT. RADICALS OF THE В К С О ND DEGEEE. 138. THE SQUARE ROOT of a number is one of its two equal...square root of 36. The symbol for the square root, is 4/ , or the fractional exponent ^ ; thus, or a , indicates the square root of a, or that one of the... | |
 | Charles Davies - Algebra - 1860 - 330 pages
...Professor WILLIAM O. PECK, of Columbia College. CHAPTER SQUAKE ROOT. RADICALS OF THE SECOND DEGREE. 128. THE SQUARE ROOT of a number is one of its two equal factors. Thus, 6X6 = 36; therefore, 6 is the square root of 36. The symbol for the square root, is -\/~~, or the fractional... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1861 - 496 pages
...product of equal factors ; and the root is one of the equal factors. EXTRACTION OF THE SQUARE ROOT. 377. THE SQUARE ROOT of a number is one of its two equal factors. To extract the square root is to find this factor The first ten numbers and their squares are : 1,... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - 1862 - 320 pages
...second or square root of 9, which is 3. So b ^/8 indicates the third or cube rcn,t of 8, which is 2. The square root of a number is one of its two equal factors; the cube root is one of the three equal factors of the number. NOTE 6. Every number is both the first... | |
 | Charles Davies - Algebra - 1863 - 338 pages
...exponents, £ , £ , A , which indicate the same thing. Thus, = a . SQUARE ROOT OF LUMBERS. IO9. The SQCABE ROOT of a number is one of its two equal factors. Thus, 25 = 5 x 5 ; hence, 5 is the square root of 25 ; that is, \/25 = 5, or (25)* = 5. The following table,... | |
 | Charles Davies - Algebra - 1864 - 316 pages
...G. Ticr, of Columbia College. CHAPTER УЛ. SQUARE ROOT. RADI С ALS OF THE SECOND DEGREE. / 12§. THE SQUARE ROOT of a number is one of its two equal...root, is -v/ , or the fractional exponent | ; thus, Г * ya, or a , indicates the squnre root of a, or that one of the two equal factors of a is to be... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1865 - 468 pages
...product of equal factors ; and the root is one of the equal factors. EXTRACTION OF THE SQUARE ROOT. 377. THE SQUARE ROOT of a number is one of its two equal factors. To extract the square root is to find this factor. The first ten numbers and their squares are : 1,... | |
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The square root of a number is one of its two equal factors. Thus, 6 x 6 = 36 : therefore 6 is the square root of 36. The symbol for the square root is V or the fractional exponent £. Thus, -\/a, or a , indicates the square root of a, or that one of... 
