Powers and roots
problem
Twelve 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?
problem
Rachel's problem
Is it true that $99^n$ has 2n digits and $999^n$ has 3n digits? Investigate!
problem
Like powers
Investigate $1^n + 19^n + 20^n + 51^n + 57^n + 80^n + 82^n $ and $2^n + 12^n + 31^n + 40^n + 69^n + 71^n + 85^n$ for different values of n.
problem
Archimedes 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?
problem
Unusual 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?