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The document provides examples and rules for working with surds (irrational numbers expressed as the square root of a number). It includes 7 sections that demonstrate: 1) simplifying surds, 2) adding and subtracting surds, 3) simplifying expressions with addition/subtraction of surds and integers, 4) multiplying surds and integers, 5) multiplying expressions within brackets, and 6) rationalizing denominators that contain surds. The document contains over 50 individual examples to demonstrate these rules and skills for working with surds.

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Worksheet On Surds PDF

The document provides examples and rules for working with surds (irrational numbers expressed as the square root of a number). It includes 7 sections that demonstrate: 1) simplifying surds, 2) adding and subtracting surds, 3) simplifying expressions with addition/subtraction of surds and integers, 4) multiplying surds and integers, 5) multiplying expressions within brackets, and 6) rationalizing denominators that contain surds. The document contains over 50 individual examples to demonstrate these rules and skills for working with surds.

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5H Revision on Surds

a a
Rules of Surds: ab = a b and =
b b

1. Simplify the following surds:

a. 12 b. 20 c. 18 d. 27

e. 8 f. 24 g. 28 h. 32

i. 45 j. 48 k. 44 l. 63

m. 50 n. 54 o. 200

2. Add or subtract these surds

a. 4 2 + 3 2 b. 5 2 − 3 2 c. 6 3 + 2 3 d. 6 3 − 2 3

e. 5+ 5 f. 5− 5 g. 8 2 + 2 2 h. 2 3 − 3

i. 3 3 + 3 3

3. Simplify:

a. 8+ 2 b. 18 − 2 c. 125 − 5 5 d. 48 − 12

e. 32 + 18 f. 75 − 12 g. 45 − 20 h. 63 − 28

4. Simplify:

a. 2× 2 b. 6× 6 c. 2 × 50 d. 3 × 12

e. 3 × 27 f. 10 × 2 g. 3 × 15 h. 5 × 10

5. Multiply out the brackets:

a. ( 2 + 2 )(3 + 2 ) b. ( 2 + 2 )(3 − 2 ) c. (5 − 3 )(5 + 3 )


2  1  1  2  1 3
d. ( 3− 2 ) e. 
 2
+ 2 
 2
− 2

f.  − 
3  3 2 
6. Rationalise the denominator and simplify where possible:

1 1 2 3
a. b. c. d.
6 7 6 3

5 1 4 20
e. f. g. h.
10 11 2 5

6 12
i. j.
3 6

7. Rationalise the denominator and simplify where possible:

1 1 1 1
a. b. c. d.
2+ 3 5 −1 2 +1 2+ 2

1 1 4
e. f. g.
2 −1 3 +1 5 −1

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