1.4
Powers & roots
Squares/cubes/roots; index laws; prime factorisation; HCF/LCM.
Syllabus Statements
- Identify square numbers and cube numbers
- Calculate squares, square roots, cubes and cube roots
- Use index notation and index laws for multiplication and division of positive and negative integer powers including zero
- Express integers as a product of powers of prime factors
- Find highest common factors (HCF) and lowest common multiples (LCM)
1.4.1 Squares, Cubes and Roots
Corbett Maths · Video
Powers and Roots Video
1.4.2 Indices
Corbett Maths · Video
Indices (Basic and Negative)
Corbett Maths · Video
Fractional Indices
1.4.3 Product of Prime Factors
Corbett Maths · Video
Product of Prime Factors
1.4.4 HCF and LCM
Corbett Maths · Video
HCF and LCM
1.4.5 Surds
Corbett Maths · Video
An Introduction to Surds