diff --git a/context.go b/context.go
index 9d9e2d8..55c1f86 100644
--- a/context.go
+++ b/context.go
@@ -461,8 +461,23 @@ func (c *Context) rootSpecials(d, x *Decimal, factor int32) (bool, Condition, er
 		}
 	case 0:
 		d.Set(x)
-		d.Exponent /= factor
-		return true, 0, nil
+		// The ideal exponent is the operand's exponent divided by factor,
+		// rounded towards negative infinity; Go's / truncates towards zero.
+		e := x.Exponent / factor
+		if x.Exponent%factor != 0 && x.Exponent < 0 {
+			e--
+		}
+		var res Condition
+		if etiny := c.etiny(); e < etiny {
+			e = etiny
+			res = Clamped
+		} else if e > c.MaxExponent {
+			e = c.MaxExponent
+			res = Clamped
+		}
+		d.Exponent = e
+		res, err := c.goError(res)
+		return true, res, err
 	}
 	return false, 0, nil
 }
diff --git a/gda_test.go b/gda_test.go
index 8bd366e..7701098 100644
--- a/gda_test.go
+++ b/gda_test.go
@@ -846,13 +846,6 @@ var GDAignore = map[string]bool{
 }
 
 var GDAignoreFlags = map[string]bool{
-	// unflagged clamped
-	"sqtx9024": true,
-	"sqtx9025": true,
-	"sqtx9026": true,
-	"sqtx9027": true,
-	"sqtx9038": true,
-	"sqtx9039": true,
-	"sqtx9040": true,
+	// apd does not implement the clamp context directive.
 	"sqtx9045": true,
 }
diff --git a/zeroroot_test.go b/zeroroot_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9a9b05e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zeroroot_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+package apd
+
+import "testing"
+
+// TestRootSpecialsZeroExponent checks the exponent and conditions of a
+// square root or cube root of zero. TestGDA compares finite results with
+// Cmp, which considers every zero equal regardless of exponent, so it
+// cannot check these cases even though testdata carries them.
+func TestRootSpecialsZeroExponent(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		id   string
+		prec uint32
+		emax int32
+		emin int32
+		cbrt bool
+		x    string
+		exp  int32
+		neg  bool
+		cond Condition
+	}{
+		// testdata/squareroot.decTest
+		{id: "sqtx006", prec: 9, emax: 384, emin: -383, x: "00.0", exp: -1},
+		{id: "sqtx009", prec: 9, emax: 384, emin: -383, x: "00.000", exp: -2},
+		{id: "sqtx017", prec: 9, emax: 384, emin: -383, x: "-0.0", exp: -1, neg: true},
+		{id: "sqtx019", prec: 9, emax: 384, emin: -383, x: "-00.000", exp: -2, neg: true},
+		{id: "sqtx9010", prec: 4, emax: 9, emin: -9, x: "0E-9", exp: -5},
+		{id: "sqtx9012", prec: 4, emax: 9, emin: -9, x: "0E-11", exp: -6},
+		{id: "sqtx9014", prec: 4, emax: 9, emin: -9, x: "0E-13", exp: -7},
+		{id: "sqtx9023", prec: 4, emax: 9, emin: -9, x: "0E-24", exp: -12},
+		{id: "sqtx9024", prec: 4, emax: 9, emin: -9, x: "0E-25", exp: -12, cond: Clamped},
+		{id: "sqtx9027", prec: 4, emax: 9, emin: -9, x: "0E-28", exp: -12, cond: Clamped},
+		{id: "sqtx9037", prec: 4, emax: 9, emin: -9, x: "0E+19", exp: 9},
+		{id: "sqtx9038", prec: 4, emax: 9, emin: -9, x: "0E+20", exp: 9, cond: Clamped},
+		{id: "sqtx9040", prec: 4, emax: 9, emin: -9, x: "0E+22", exp: 9, cond: Clamped},
+		// testdata/cuberoot-apd.decTest
+		{id: "cbtx015", prec: 9, emax: 384, emin: -383, cbrt: true, x: "-0.00", exp: -1, neg: true},
+		{id: "cbtx016", prec: 9, emax: 384, emin: -383, cbrt: true, x: "-00.0", exp: -1, neg: true},
+		{id: "cbtx017", prec: 9, emax: 384, emin: -383, cbrt: true, x: "-0E+9", exp: 3, neg: true},
+		{id: "cbtx020", prec: 9, emax: 384, emin: -383, cbrt: true, x: "-0E+12", exp: 4, neg: true},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		// Parse the operand exactly, as TestGDA does; the context under test
+		// applies to the operation, not to the literal.
+		x, _, err := NewFromString(tc.x)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("%s: %v", tc.id, err)
+		}
+		c := &Context{Precision: tc.prec, MaxExponent: tc.emax, MinExponent: tc.emin, Rounding: RoundHalfUp}
+		d := new(Decimal)
+		var res Condition
+		if tc.cbrt {
+			res, err = c.Cbrt(d, x)
+		} else {
+			res, err = c.Sqrt(d, x)
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("%s: %v", tc.id, err)
+		}
+		if !d.IsZero() || d.Exponent != tc.exp || d.Negative != tc.neg {
+			t.Errorf("%s: got %#v, expected zero with exponent %d, negative %t", tc.id, d, tc.exp, tc.neg)
+		}
+		if res != tc.cond {
+			t.Errorf("%s: got conditions %q, expected %q", tc.id, res, tc.cond)
+		}
+	}
+}