Year 10
Higher
Year 10
Higher

Simplify simple surds

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will simplify surds of the form √b. We will use our knowledge of factors and square roots to reduce surds to their simplest form.

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3 Questions

Q1.
Which of the following is NOT an integer?
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A
B
C
Correct answer: D
Q2.
Which of the following is an irrational number?
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A
B
C
Correct answer: D
Q3.
Which number is NOT a surd?
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Correct answer: A
B
C
D

3 Questions

Q1.
Which of the following is NOT another way of writing √84?
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Correct answer: A
B
C
D
Q2.
Which of the following is the correct simplification of √90?
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A
B
Correct answer: C
D
Q3.
Which of the following is the correct simplification of √18/√32?
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A
B
C
Correct answer: D