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    The document discusses simplifying and evaluating expressions involving surds (irrational numbers expressed as the square root of a number). It includes examples of writing surds in the form k√m, combining like surds, evaluating surd expressions, expanding and simplifying expressions with surds, and rationalizing denominators containing surds. The document contains 8 sections with multiple parts providing practice with different surd operations and manipulations.

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    The document discusses simplifying and evaluating expressions involving surds (irrational numbers expressed as the square root of a number). It includes examples of writing surds in the form k√m, combining like surds, evaluating surd expressions, expanding and simplifying expressions with surds, and rationalizing denominators containing surds. The document contains 8 sections with multiple parts providing practice with different surd operations and manipulations.

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    The document discusses simplifying and evaluating expressions involving surds (irrational numbers expressed as the square root of a number). It includes examples of writing surds in the form k√m, combining like surds, evaluating surd expressions, expanding and simplifying expressions with surds, and rationalizing denominators containing surds. The document contains 8 sections with multiple parts providing practice with different surd operations and manipulations.

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    The document discusses simplifying and evaluating expressions involving surds (irrational numbers expressed as the square root of a number). It includes examples of writing surds in the form k√m, combining like surds, evaluating surd expressions, expanding and simplifying expressions with surds, and rationalizing denominators containing surds. The document contains 8 sections with multiple parts providing practice with different surd operations and manipulations.

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    Surds

    1. Find the value of k in each of these

    a)√ 8=k √2 b)√ 50=k √ 2 c)√ 98=k √ 2 d)√ 12=k √ 3


    e)√ 300=k √ 3 f)√ 45=k √ 5 g)√ 125=k √ 5 h)√ 28=k √ 7

    2. Simplify fully, write each in the form k √ m where k and m are both integers.

    a)√ 20 b)√ 18 c)√ 32 d)√ 72


    e)√ 162 f)√ 147 g)√ 256 h)√ 288

    3. Write these as a single surd then evaluate

    a)√ 20 × √ 5 b)√ 16 × √ 4 c)√ 27 × √ 3 d)√ 200 × √ 2


    e)√ 24 × √ 6 f)√ 28 × √ 7 g)√ 6 × √ 8 × √ 3 h)√ 5 × √ 10× √ 2
    4. Evaluate

    a)2 √20 × 3 √ 5 b)4 √ 27 × 6 √ 3 c)5 √ 24 ×2 √ 6 d)3 √ 6 ×2 √ 8× 4 √ 3

    5. Write as a single surd then evaluate

    a)
    √50 b)
    √ 90 c)
    √320 d)
    √1000
    √2 √10 √5 √10

    e)
    √32 × √ 4 f)
    √ 35 × √5 g)
    √ 48 × √ 8 h)
    √ 30 × √ 12
    √2 √7 √6 √2 × √5

    6. Evaluate

    8 √ 75 6 √ 160 2 √ 320 4 √72 ×3 √ 4


    a) b) c) d)
    √5 3 √ 10 4 √5 12 √ 2
    7. Expand & Simplify

    a)( 5+ √ 3 ) ( 6+ √ 3 ) b)( 4+ √ 2 ) ( 5−√ 2 ) c)( 7+ √ 5 ) ( 7−√ 5 ) d)( 2+ √ 3 ) ( 2+ √ 3 )

    e)( 1+2 √ 5 )( 6 + √ 5 ) f)( 7−√ 2 )( 4−3 √ 2 ) g)( 2+ √ 2 ) ( 5−√ 8 ) h)( 6+ 3 √ 3 ) ( 6−3 √ 3 )

    8. Rationalise the denominators

    5 8 9 5
    a) b) c) d)
    √2 √2 √3 √5
    1 8 3+ √ 2 6− √ 5
    e) f) g) h)
    1+ √ 2 2−√ 5 3−√ 2 6+ √ 5

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