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Ajay says that if you take a square number and multiply it by its

square root, you will always end up with a cube number.
Show that Ajay is correct.

User Dirkgently
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Example: What is 3 squared?

3 Squared== 3 × 3 = 9

"Squared" is often written as a little 2 like this:

This says "4 Squared equals 16"

(the little 2 means the number appears twice in multiplying, so 4×4=16)

Square Root

A square root goes the other direction:

3 squared is 9, so a square root of 9 is 3

It is like asking:

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