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Year 9 · Maths

Understand Integer Powers Real Roots

Year 9 learners practise laws of indices and simplifying surds.

The activities include Apply Fractional Indices, Divide Indices, Do Calculations with Square Numbers Mentally, and related practice. The checked support below includes video, worksheet, teaching, practice. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.

Activities covered

  • Apply Fractional Indices
  • Divide Indices
  • Do Calculations with Square Numbers Mentally
  • Estimate the Cube Roots of Numbers
  • Estimate the Square Roots of Numbers
  • Find the Difference of Two Squares
  • Identify Simple Exponents
  • Multiply Indices
  • Simplify Surds
  • Understand Negative Indices
  • Understand Simple Exponents
  • Work Out the Difference of Two Squares

Checked learning resources

  • Square and cube roots

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    I can explain the concept of square root and cube root and calculate them. This KS3 maths video lesson directly teaches the concepts and calculation method required by "Estimate the Cube Roots of Numbers".

  • Difference of two squares

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    I can use the special case when the product of two binomials is the difference of two squares. This KS3 maths video lesson directly teaches the concepts and calculation method required by "Find the Difference of Two Squa

  • Powers and roots

    BBC Bitesize · Worksheet · Opens on the provider website

    BBC KS3 maths teaching, worked examples and practice checks for Understand Integer Powers Real Roots. This was selected against the complete context of "Apply Fractional Indices" rather than its title alone.

  • Properties of number: factors, multiples, squares and cubes: lesson sequence

    Oak National Academy · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

    This KS3 Oak unit provides sequenced teaching and worked examples on Properties of number: factors, multiples, squares and cubes.

  • Expressions and formulae: lesson sequence

    Oak National Academy · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

    This KS3 Oak unit provides sequenced teaching and worked examples on Expressions and formulae, including the closest lesson: Difference of two squares.

  • Apply Fractional Indices video

    Corbettmaths Primary · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Year 9 Maths video matched to apply fractional indices.

  • Divide Indices video

    Corbettmaths Primary · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Year 9 Maths video matched to divide indices.

  • Do Calculations with Square Numbers Mentally video

    Corbettmaths Primary · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Year 9 Maths video matched to do calculations with square numbers mentally.