Demystifying - Powers and roots review

Drills

Evaluating powers and roots without a calculator, and deciding whether the result is rational.

Author note — to cover
  • Fluency — index notation, evaluating squares, cubes and small powers, recognising numbers like 64 as powers (4 questions).
  • Roots — square, cube and higher roots, cube roots of negatives, and x² = k answered either as a single choice naming all solutions or by typing the negative root; no question ever asks for two typed values (5 questions).
  • Rational or irrational — single-choice classification where √(9/16) and √0.25 catch the 'roots are irrational' reflex; fraction-valued answers appear only as choice options (3 questions).

The test

—coming soon—

Where to go next

This mixed review uses the methods from these learning pages: