document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=310951>Question 310951</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I homeschool my son - 9th grader - we have just started Expressing square roots and there is a part that I am totally lost in.  I do not remember or understand index's.   How do I explain to him What an index of a square root is - here is one question:  What two integers are these radicals between.  The index is 3 and the square root is 29.     Or the index is 4 and the square root is 15.   Thank you.  Joan </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "I homeschool my son - 9th grader - we have just started Expressing square roots and there is a part that I am totally lost in. I do not remember or understand index's. How do I explain to him What an index of a square root is - here is one question: What two integers are these radicals between. The index is 3 and the square root is 29. Or the index is 4 and the square root is 15. Thank you. Joan<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The index tells you what root is being expressed.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If there is no index on the radical sign the root is \"square root\".<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If there is an index of 3 the root requested is \"cube root\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then you have 4th root, then 5th root etc.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What two integers are these radicals between. The index is 3 and the square root is 29. Or the index is 4 and the square root is 15.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "cbrt(27)< cbrt(29) < cbrt(64)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3 < cbrt(29) < 4<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4thrt(1) < 4thrt(15) < 4thrt(16)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1 < 4thrt(15) < 2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Examples:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "sqrt(16) = 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "cbrt(27) = 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4th root(16) = 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5th root(32) = 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "etc.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You can also find a myriad of information on math topics<BR>\n" );
document.write( "using Google on the web.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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