Powers and roots
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problemTwelve Cubed
A wooden cube with edges of length 12cm is cut into cubes with edges of length 1cm. What is the total length of the all the edges of these centimetre cubes?
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problemConsecutive Squares
The squares of any 8 consecutive numbers can be arranged into two sets of four numbers with the same sum. True of false?
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problemArchimedes and Numerical Roots
The problem is how did Archimedes calculate the lengths of the sides of the polygons which needed him to be able to calculate square roots?
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problemUnusual Long Division - Square Roots Before Calculators
However did we manage before calculators? Is there an efficient way to do a square root if you have to do the work yourself?