Powers and roots

There are 62 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Powers and roots
Square Pair Circles
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Square Pair Circles

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
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Investigate the number of points with integer coordinates on circles with centres at the origin for which the square of the radius is a power of 5.
Archimedes and numerical roots
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Archimedes and numerical roots

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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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?
Power Crazy
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Power Crazy

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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What can you say about the values of n that make $7^n + 3^n$ a multiple of 10? Are there other pairs of integers between 1 and 10 which have similar properties?
Deep Roots
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Deep Roots

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Find integer solutions to: $\sqrt{a+b\sqrt{x}} + \sqrt{c+d.\sqrt{x}}=1$
Two Many
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Two Many

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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What is the least square number which commences with six two's?
Like Powers
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Like Powers

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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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.
Rachel's Problem
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Rachel's Problem

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Is it true that $99^n$ has 2n digits and $999^n$ has 3n digits? Investigate!
Giants
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Giants

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
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Which is the bigger, 9^10 or 10^9 ? Which is the bigger, 99^100 or 100^99 ?
Surds
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Surds

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Find the exact values of x, y and a satisfying the following system of equations: 1/(a+1) = a - 1 x + y = 2a x = ay
Consecutive Squares
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Consecutive Squares

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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The squares of any 8 consecutive numbers can be arranged into two sets of four numbers with the same sum. True of false?