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M-NUM-019Higher onlyReview: Pending

Estimate powers and roots

Number · Powers and roots (T-NUM-005)

v1 mapping, pending teacher review. Only AQA and Edexcel are mapped so far. The first 3 pilot worksheets and their worked answers are available; remaining worksheets are coming soon. All videos are still coming soon.

Retrieval
Bracket a value between known powers
Fluency
Estimate non-integer roots
Reasoning
Compare an exact value with an estimate.
Application
Decide if a stated approximation is plausible
Common misconception
Squaring and multiplying by two are different operations.

Video brief

Model how to estimate powers and roots. Explain each step; pause for a matching shadow question.

Planned video: V-NUM-019 · Video coming soon

Worksheets

Worksheets coming soon

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