Perfect Squares and Cubes
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Objective
I can determine if a number is a perfect square or perfect cube by building it with manipulatives or using prime factorization.
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Warm-up video
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Practice
7 questions
Explain what a perfect cube is and provide an example.
Describe how you could use multi-link cubes to determine if the number 27 is a perfect cube.
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Exit ticket
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“Determine the prime factorization of 216. Is 216 a perfect cube? How can you tell from its prime factorization? Determine the prime factorization of 343. Is 343 a perfect cube? How can you tell from its prime factorization? Determine the prime factorization of 1000. Is 1000 a perfect cube? How can you tell from its prime factorization?”
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