Roots and Irrational Numbers

1. Roots and Irrational Numbers Section 1.5

2. California Standards 2.0 Students understandand use such operations astaking the opposite, finding the reciprocal, taking a root, and raising to a fractional power. They understand and use the rules of exponents.

3. Objectives: In this lesson you’ll: Evaluate expressions containing roots. Classify numbers within the real number system

4. Words to know… • Square root - a number which, when multiplied by itself, produces the given number. (Ex. 7² = 49, 7 is the square • root of 49) • Perfect square- any number that has an integer square root.(ex. 100 is a perfect square , • Cube root - a number that is raised to the third power to form a product is a cube root. (ex 23=8, =2)

5. Squares 0² = 0 1² = 1 2² = 4 3² = 9 4² = 16 5² = 25 6² = 36 7² = 49 8² = 64 9² = 81 10² = 100 Perfect Square Roots Square Roots

6. Are squares and square roots inverses? Start Root it Square it Result 3 3 5 5 9 9 A square root is the inverse operation of a square!

7. Do you know your perfect squares? 7 and -7 25 8 and -8 121 196 3 and -3

8. Square Roots Positive real numbers have two square roots. Find the square roots of 16. Solution Positive square root of 16 =4 4  4 = 42= 16 = –4 – (–4)(–4) = (–4)2= 16 Negative square root of 16 The square roots of 16 are 4 and - 4.

9. You try Find each root. Think: What number squared equals 81? Think: What number squared equals 25? C. Think: What number cubed equals –216? (–6)(–6)(–6) = 36(–6) = –216 = –6 (–6)(–6)(–6) = 36(–6) = –216 = –6

10. Think: What number squared equals Think: What number cubed equals You try Finding Roots of Fractions. a. b.

11. Words to know… • Natural numbers - The counting numbers. (example: 1, 2, 3…) • Whole numbers - The natural numbers and zero.(example: 0, 1,2,3…) • Integers -The whole numbers and their opposites.(ex: …-3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3…) • Rational numbers - Numbers that can be expressed as a fraction (a/b).

12. Words to know… • Terminating decimal -Rational numbers in decimal form that have finite (ends) number of digits. (ex 2/5= 0.40 ) • Repeating decimal -rational numbers in decimal form that have a block for one or more digits that repeats continuously. (ex. 1.3=1.333333333) • Irrational numbers - numbers that cannot be expressed as a fraction including square roots of whole numbers that are not perfect squares and nonterminating decimals that do not repeat.

13. The real numbers are made up of all rational and irrational numbers. Reading Math Note the symbols for the sets of numbers. R: real numbers Q: rational numbers Z: integers W: whole numbers N: natural numbers

14. Classifying Real Numbers –32 can be written in the form . 14 is not a perfect square, so is irrational. Write all classifications that apply to each real number. A. –32 32 1 –32 = – –32 can be written as a terminating decimal. –32 = –32.0 rational number, integer, terminating decimal B. irrational

15. 7 can be written in the form . 67  9 = 7.444… = 7.4 4 9 can be written as a repeating decimal. –12 can be written in the form . Check It Out! Write all classifications that apply to each real number. a. 7 rational number, repeating decimal b. –12 –12 can be written as a terminating decimal. rational number, terminating decimal, integer

16. 10 is not a perfect square, so is irrational. 100 is a perfect square, so is rational. 10 can be written in the form and as a terminating decimal. Write all classifications that apply to each real number. irrational natural, rational, terminating decimal, whole, integer

17. 6. –3.89 Lesson Quiz Find each square root. 4. 3. 5 1. 3 2. 1 5. The area of a square piece of cloth is 68 in2. Estimate to the nearest tenth the side length of the cloth.  8.2 in. Write all classifications that apply to each real number. 7. rational, repeating decimal irrational