To find<span> the </span>cube root of a number<span>, you want to </span>find <span>some </span>number<span> that when multiplied by itself twice gives you the original </span>number<span>. In other words, to </span>find <span>the </span>cube root<span> of 8, you want to </span>find<span> the </span>number<span> that when multiplied by itself twice gives you 8. The </span>cube root<span> of 8, then, is 2, because 2 × 2 × 2 = 8.</span>
Finding the square root of a number is the inverse operation of squaring that number. Remember, the square of a number is that number times itself. The perfect squares are the squares of the whole numbers. The square root of a number, n, written below is the number that gives n when multiplied by itself.
