2.2 Perfect Squares and Cubes and their Roots

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1. Find the prime factorization of 156.

2. Find the volume of a right square pyramid with an original height of 5 and a base of 3.

Mental Math

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2.2 Perfect Squares and Perfect Cubes

Pefect Square - the square of a whole number or expression

Any whole number that can be represented as the area of a square with whole number side lengths.

The side length is the square root of the area of the square.

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Prime factorization occurs in pairs for any perfect square.

Ex. 100

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We can therefore use prime factorization to

a.) determine if a number is a perfect square

b.) find the square root of a perfect square

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Perfect cube: the cube of a whole number or expression.

Any whole number that can be represented as the volume of a cube with a whole number edge length.

The edge length is the cube root of the volume of the cube.

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