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Surds Simplification Guide

The document discusses surds, which are numbers that cannot be expressed as a finite decimal. It provides rules for multiplying, adding, subtracting, dividing, and rationalizing surds. Examples are given to demonstrate applying these rules to simplify expressions involving surds.

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Surds Simplification Guide

The document discusses surds, which are numbers that cannot be expressed as a finite decimal. It provides rules for multiplying, adding, subtracting, dividing, and rationalizing surds. Examples are given to demonstrate applying these rules to simplify expressions involving surds.

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* Surds

Multiplying surds
Combining and simplifying
Division rule
Rationalising
Exam questions

* Surds are numbers which cannot be square

rooted exactly. The square root of 2, 3 and 5


would be a recurring decimal and therefore to
be more accurate we would leave it as a surd.

* e.g.

= 1.414213562.
So we would leave
it as to be more
accurate

*Surds

*Multiplication rule

*
* E.g.
=2x3
=6

*Multiplication Rule

*Multiplication rule

cont

* Simplify these;

*Multiplication rule

cont

*Combining and
simplifying

*
* Can you solve the above?
* How?
* What is the like in terms on algebra?

*Addition and
Subtraction

* Simplify these;
* 1)
* 2)
* How did you simplify number 2?

*Addition and
Subtraction

*Muliplication

*Division Rule

=3

*Division rule

* Simplify these;

*Division rule cont

*Rationalising
This method is used when simplifying a fraction
with a surd in the denominator

however, we should never


leave a fraction with a surd
denominator.

in the

* Therefore we need to eliminate the


denominator.

*Rationalising cont

*Rationalising cont

* What about these?

*Rationalising cont

*Exam Questions

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