 | Frank R. Spellman, Joanne Drinan - Technology & Engineering - 2000 - 236 pages
...reverse of powers. In a product of equal factors, the repeated factor is called a root of the product. The square root of a number is one of the two equal factors of that number. Thus, 3 is the square root of 9 because 3X3 = 9. The cube root of a number is one of three... | |
 | Paul Fleisher - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2001 - 88 pages
...more slowly it travels in its orbit. Here's a quick mathematical explanation of Kepler's third law. The square of a number is that number multiplied by itself. The cube of a number is that number multiplied by itself and by itself again. Let's call the time of a... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Mental arithmetic - 1873 - 188 pages
...power, etc. 27. What is the square, cube, and fourth power of 1 ? 2? 3? 4? 5? 6? 7? 8? 9? 10? 11? 12? The square root of a number is one of the two equal factors of that number ; the cube root, one of the three equal factors ; the fourth root, one of the four equal... | |
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The square root of a number is one of the two equal factors of the number. 
