What you need to know
Check yourself against these “I can” statements.
- I can use index notation for squares, cubes and powers of 10
- I can work out simple calculations with powers, like 3 × 2³
- I can square numbers like 0.2, 300 or 0.4 in my head using square numbers I know
- I can find cubes and cube roots mentally or with a calculator
- I can find cube roots by breaking a number into factors
- I can solve word problems using square roots and cube roots
Practise this topic
5 resourcesHigher Powers & Roots
Powers of 2, 3 and 10 beyond cubes: index form, calculating powers and roots, then fractions and decimals. Five difficulty levels, timed, click to reveal.
⚙️ WorksheetSquares, Roots & Cubes
Recall, estimating, negatives (including −3² against (−3)²), fractions, and breaking roots and powers up. Squares, cubes or both; eight difficulty levels, timed, click to reveal.
⬢ BlockbustersHigher Powers & Roots Blockbusters
Blockbusters with the questions from the Higher Powers & Roots worksheet: choose its levels for the ordinary hexagons and for the harder ★ ones. Show the answer and the worked solution, or play against the computer with multiple…
🎯 GamePowers and Roots Countdown
Countdown with powers and roots: as well as + − × ÷, raise one tile to the power of another (2⁵ = 32), take a root when it is exact (∛64 = 4), and square or square-root a tile. Three levels, from squares and square roots to cubes…
⬢ BlockbustersSquares, Roots & Cubes Blockbusters
Blockbusters with the questions from the Squares, Roots & Cubes worksheet: choose its levels for the ordinary hexagons and for the harder ★ ones. Show the answer and the worked solution, or play against the computer with multiple…
These are the pages for More Powers and Roots in the Year 7 scheme of work, following Pearson Edexcel Maths Progress Delta 1. Open this topic in Mr Wells Maths to see it alongside the rest of the course.