Take away the parentheses Rearrange the factors Since 2•3 = 6, we have: Those roots have the same index, so we can multiply the numbers under them an just have one cube root: And since 4•16 = 64, Maybe you already know that the cube root of 64 is 4, and that you'd have 6•4 which is 24. But if you don't you can do this instead: Break 64 down like this: 64 = 4•4•4 = 43, so we have: When the index of the root and the exponent of the radicand are the same, the cube root cancels out the cube: and all that's left is the number under the radical: And that's just Edwin