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Calculation Basics

Calculation

Basics

This formula suggests that it is about 136 miles from A to C.

At some point in the future, much later than eighth grade, your students may
learn that taking the square root of a number is the same as raising the
number to the one-half (1/2) power.

Thus, the alternate formula for C9 is =C8^(1/2), as shown in Figure 25.

In the next problem, the student is to determine the volume of a cube that is 25
feet on each side. The volume is the length raised to the third power. Again, the
carat is used for an exponent.

Figure 24

Taking a square root using SQRT

Figure 25

Taking a square root using exponents