Lesson 13
Cube Roots
Lesson Narrative
In this lesson, students continue to work with cube roots, moving away from the geometric interpretation in favor of the algebraic definition. They approximate cube roots and locate them on the number line. They see their first negative cube root, and locate it on the number line.
Learning Goals
Teacher Facing
- Determine the whole numbers that a cube root lies between, and explain (orally) the reasoning.
- Generalize a process for approximating the value of a cube root, and justify (orally and in writing) that if $x^3=a$, then $x=\sqrt[3]{a}$.
Student Facing
Let’s compare cube roots.
Learning Targets
Student Facing
- When I have a cube root, I can reason about which two whole numbers it is between.
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