Some­times, we need to cal­cu­late a cubic root, square root or an nth root of a num­ber. How can we do that?

Cubic root, square root and an nth root

First of all, we can use the SQRT func­tion to cal­cu­late a square root (Fig. 1)

=SQRT(A3)

SQRT function
Fig. 1 SQRT function

And here we have our results. There is also the POWER func­tion used for cal­cu­lat­ing the square root with the use of inverse num­bers. The num­ber for a square root is 1 divid­ed by 2 (1/2). (Fig. 2)

=POWER(A3,1/2)

POWER function
Fig. 2 POWER function

As we can see the results are the same. We can even use a sim­ple sym­bol of rais­ing a num­ber to a pow­er. In the case of a cubic root it will be the num­ber from cell A3 (2), then a caret (Shift + 6). Then, the reverse of a cubic, which is 1/3 writ­ten in a paren­the­sis (Fig. 3)

=A3^(1/3)

Cubic root
Fig. 3 Cubic root

And we have our cubic roots. In the case of the fourth root, we will use the same cal­cu­la­tion, which is a caret and, this time, 1/4 (Fig. 4)

=A3^(1/4)

Fourth root
Fig. 4 Fourth root

And we have our fourth root. In the case of the tenth root, I can even write this num­ber as 0.1 (Fig. 5)

=A3^0.1

Tenth root
Fig. 5 Tenth root

And, just like that we have our tenth root (Fig. 6)

Final results
Fig. 6 Final results

Depend­ing on the sit­u­a­tion, use the cal­cu­la­tion you under­stand the most. 

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