| William Guy Peck - Algebra - 1875 - 348 pages
...be operated on by the same rules as when they have entire exponents. Square Root of a Number. 107. The square 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, A/25 = 5, or (25)* = 5. The following table,... | |
| James Stewart Eaton - Arithmetic - 1876 - 366 pages
...second or square root of 9, which is 3. So a^/8 indicates the third or cube root 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 thefirst... | |
| Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1876 - 588 pages
...number is called a root of that number. The degree of a root depends upon the number of equal factors. The .-square root of a number is one of its two equal factors. The cube root of a number is one of its three equal factors, etc. These definitions are regarded as... | |
| William Guy Peck - Arithmetic - 1877 - 430 pages
...; if it can he resolved into three equal factors, it is said to be & perfect cube, and so on. 260. The Square Root of a Number is one of its two equal factors. Thus, 4 is the square root of 16. All the perfect squares less than 100, with their square roots, are written... | |
| Albert Newton Raub - Arithmetic - 1877 - 348 pages
...(3i+2i)a. Ans. 16. AI Am. SECTION II. ROOTS. 294. A Root of a number is one of its equal factors. 295. The Square Root of a number is one of its two equal factors ; thus, 4 is the square root of 16. 296. A number is said to be a perfect square when its square root can be... | |
| Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1877 - 528 pages
...of a number is ONE of its several equal factors; thus 3 is a root of 9, and 4 of 64. 162. The Second Root of a number is one of its two equal factors ; thus, since 2x2=4, 2 is the 2d root of 4. 163. The Third Root of a number is one of its three equal factors... | |
| Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1877 - 438 pages
...equal factors. Roots are of different degrees; as, second, third, etc. 625. The Square Root, or second root, of a number is one of its two equal factors. Thus, 8 is the square root of 64, since 8 X 8 = 64. 626. The Cube Root, or third root, of a number is one... | |
| Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1877 - 232 pages
...equal factors. Roots are of different degrees ; as, second, third, etc. 625. The Square Root, or second root, of a number is one of its two equal factors. Thus, 8 is the square root of 64, since 8x8 = 64. Ans. 1728. 8. 36. Ans. 46656. Ans. 4096. 9. 42. Ans. 74088.... | |
| Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1877 - 444 pages
...equal factors. Eoots are of different degrees ; as, second, third, etc. 625. The Square Root, or second root, of a number is one of its two equal factors. Thus, 8 is the square root of 64, since 8x8 = 64. 626. The Cube Root, or third root, of a number is one,... | |
| Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1881 - 368 pages
...EVOLUTION. 388. A Root of a number is one of the equal factors taken to form the number. 389. The Second, or Square Root of a number is one of its two equal factors. Thus, The square root of 25 = 5 ; since 5 X 5 = 25. The Third, or Cube Root of a number is one of its three... | |
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