Squares, cubes & roots
Edexcel GCSE Maths revision on Squares, cubes & roots. Aligned to the Pearson Edexcel GCSE Mathematics 1MA1 specification. This bank has 16 practice questions on this topic.
Sample questions (3 of 16)
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Question 1
What is the value of 5 squared?
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Answer: 25
The square of 5 is 5 multiplied by 5, which equals 25. A common mistake is to multiply the number by 2 instead of squaring it.
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Question 2
What is the cube root of 64?
- A) Four result
- B) Eight total
- C) Three value
- D) Six figures
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Answer: Four result
The correct answer is Four result, because 4 times 4 times 4 equals 64. Some students confuse this with the square root, which would lead them to select eight.
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Question 3
Which of these numbers is a perfect square?
- A) One hundred
- B) Two hundred
- C) Six hundred
- D) Nine hundred
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Answer: One hundred
The correct answer is One hundred, as it is the square of 10. While 900 is also a perfect square, 100 is the smallest option listed that fits the criteria.
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