Perfect Squares, Cubes, and More: Understanding Terminology

[Diffy]

Hi,

9 is a perfect Square,
27 is a perfect Cube
81 is a perfect ??
243 is a perfect ?

Is there terminology for such things?

-Diffy

 

[Mark44]

Hi,

9 is a perfect Square,
27 is a perfect Cube
81 is a perfect ??
243 is a perfect ?

Is there terminology for such things?

Not that I know of. After cube we just use fourth, fifth, ... power.
81 is a perfect fourth power.
243 is a perfect fifth power.

 

[Diffy]

Thanks, That's what I thought, just wanted to make sure there wasn't some crazy name we use.