Mathematics 9

Quarter 2
Self-Learning Module 10
Laws of Radicals
Mathematics – Grade 9
Quarter 2 – Self-Learning Module 10: Laws of Radicals!
First Edition, 2020

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Mathematics 9
Quarter 2
Self-Learning Module 10
Laws of Radicals
Introductory Message

For the facilitator:

Welcome to the Mathematics Grade 9 Self-Learning Module on the Laws of

Radicals!

This Self-Learning Module was collaboratively designed, developed and

reviewed by educators from the Schools Division Office of Pasig City headed by its
Officer-in-Charge Schools Division Superintendent, Ma. Evalou Concepcion A.
Agustin, in partnership with the City Government of Pasig through its mayor,
Honorable Victor Ma. Regis N. Sotto. The writers utilized the standards set by the K
to 12 Curriculum using the Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELC) in
developing this instructional resource.

This learning material hopes to engage the learners in guided and independent
learning activities at their own pace and time. Further, this also aims to help learners
acquire the needed 21st century skills especially the 5 Cs, namely: Communication,
Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking, and Character while taking into
consideration their needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the
body of the module:

Notes to the Teacher

This contains helpful tips or strategies
that will help you in guiding the learners.

As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this
module. You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to
manage their own learning. Moreover, you are expected to encourage and assist the
learners as they do the tasks included in this module.
For the Learner:

Welcome to the Mathematics Grade 9 Self-Learning Module on the Laws of

Radicals!

This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful
opportunities for guided and independent learning at your own pace and time. You
will be enabled to process the contents of the learning material while being an active
learner.

This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

Expectations - This points to the set of knowledge and skills

that you will learn after completing the module.

Pretest - This measures your prior knowledge about the lesson

at hand.

Recap - This part of the module provides a review of concepts

and skills that you already know about a previous lesson.

Lesson - This section discusses the topic in the module.

Activities - This is a set of activities that you need to perform.

Wrap-Up - This section summarizes the concepts and

application of the lesson.

Valuing - This part integrates a desirable moral value in the

lesson.

Posttest - This measures how much you have learned from the
entire module.
 EXPECTATIONS

1. Derives the laws of radicals; and

2. Simplify radical expressions using the law of radicals.

PRETEST
Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the letter that corresponds to
the correct answer.
3
1) Which of the following radical expressions is equal to √𝑚2 ?
2 2 3
A. √𝑚3 C. ( √𝑚)
3 2 2
B. ( √𝑚) D. (√𝑚3 )

3
2) What is the simplest form of the radical expression √8𝑥 5 ?
3 3
A. 2𝑥 2 √2𝑥 C. 2𝑥 √𝑥 2
3 3
B. 2 √2𝑥 5 D. 2 √𝑥 5

3 4
3) What is simplified form of the radical expression √ √√5?
7 12
A. √5 C. √5
9 24
B. √5 D. √5

4) Which of the following expression is TRUE?

3 3
A. √49 = -7 C. √√𝑎2 = √𝑎2
3 3
B. √16 • √16 = 4 D. ( √2𝑎 ) = 2a3

5) The radical expression √180𝑎2 𝑏 8 is equivalent to which of the following?

A. 3√10𝑎𝑏 4 C. 36√5𝑎𝑏 4
B. 18√10𝑎𝑏 4 D. 6√5𝑎𝑏 4
 RECAP

Directions: Find the roots of the given expression.

1. √100 6. √0.49
2. √64 7. √−0.09
3 4
3. √27 8. √
9
3 3
4. √8 9. √−125
4 3 −8
5. √16 10. √
125

LESSON
𝒂
We have discussed from our previous lesson that in a radical expression √𝒃,
the symbol √ is the radical sign, b is the radicand and a is the index which indicates
the degree of a radical such as square root(√), cube root (∛), forth root (∜) and so
on.
Radicals can be simplified by these laws: assume that when n is even a > 0
A) For any real numbers a,
𝒏 𝒎 𝒏
( √𝒂) = √𝒂𝒎
Examples: Simplify.
2 1 2 3 1 3
3 5
1. ( √4) = (43 ) Rewrite in exponential form 2. ( √5𝑥 ) = (5𝑥 5 )
2 3
= 43 Product property of exponents = 5𝑥 5
3 5
= √42 Rewrite in radical form = √(5𝑥)3
𝟑 𝟓
= √𝟏𝟔 Simplify = √𝟏𝟐𝟓𝒙𝟑
B) For any real numbers a,
𝒏 𝒏
( √𝒂) = a
Examples: Simplify.
3 1 3 4 3 4
3 4
1. ( √5) = (53 ) 2. ( √23 ) = (24 )
3 12
= 53 = 24
=5 = 23
=8
C) PRODUCT PROPERTY OF RADICALS. For any real numbers a and b, if n is even
and a and b are both nonnegative or if n is odd then,
𝒏 𝒏 𝒏
√𝒂𝒃 = √𝒂 • √𝒃
Examples: Simplify.
3 3
1. √45 = √9 • 5 2. √−27𝑥 4 = √−27 • 𝑥 4
3 3
= √9 • √5 = √−27 • √𝑥 4
3 3
= 3√5 = √(−3)3 • √𝑥 3 𝑥
= -3x√𝒙

4 4 4
3. √12𝑥 6 𝑦 5 = √12 • 𝑥 6 • 𝑦 5 4. √4 • √2𝑥 2 = √4 • 2𝑥 2
𝟒
= √12 • √𝑥 6 • √ 𝑦 5 = √𝟖𝒙𝟐

= √4 • 3 • √(𝑥 3 )2 • √(𝑦 2 )2 𝑦

= √4 • √3 • √(𝑥 3 )2 • √(𝑦 2 )2 • √𝑦

= 2 • √3 • 𝑥 3 • 𝑦 2 • √𝑦

= 2𝒙𝟑 𝒚𝟐 √𝟑𝒚

D) QUOTIENT PROPERTY OF RADICALS. For any real numbers a and b ≠ 0, if all

roots are defined,
𝑛
𝑛 𝑎 √𝑎
√𝑏 = 𝑛
√𝑏

Examples: Simplify
1 3
27 27 2 √32𝑥 4 3 32𝑥 4
1. √ = ( ) Rewrite in an exponential form 2. 3 = √
3 3 √4𝑥 4𝑥
1
272 3
= 1 Apply the laws of exponent = √8𝑥 3
32
√27
= Rewrite in an radical form = 8x
√3

= √9 Simplify the radical

=3

E) For any real numbers a,

𝒎 𝒏 𝒎𝒏 𝒎 𝒏
√ √𝒂 = √𝒂 = √ √𝒂
Examples: Simplify
3 1
1. √ √4 = √45
3 5 6 3
Write the radicand in exponential form 2. √64 = √√64
1
1 3
3
= (4 ) 5 Write the expression in exponential form = √8
1
= 415 Product property of exponents =2
𝟏𝟓
= √𝟒 Rewrite in radical form

A radical is said to be in its simplest form if: a) The radicand has no factors
that is a power of n if the index of the radical is n, b) The radicand does not contain a
fraction. The denominator of a rational expression does not contain a radical and c)
The index of a radical is in its lowest possible form.

ACTIVITIES

ACTIVITY 1: LET’S PRACTICE!

Directions: Simplify each expression using the laws of radicals.
4
1) √44 6) −√3𝑥 3 • √12𝑥
4 4 5 2
2) ( √3𝑏 2 ) 7) ( √4𝑚𝑛)

3 3
3) ( √23 ) 8) √9𝑎2 𝑏 8
5
4) − √5𝑥 5 9) √72𝑎15 𝑏 3
3
√4
5) √5 • √8 • √10 10) 3
√−8

ACTIVITY 2: KEEP PRACTICING!

Directions: Evaluate.
3 √5
1) (√8) 6)
√4

3 2 √45𝑚6
2) ( √4𝑥 ) 7)
√5𝑚2

75𝑎5
3) √5𝑎3 √8𝑎𝑏 3 8) √
3𝑏 6

3 3 4𝑠 5 𝑡 4
4) √24𝑎4 𝑏 8 9. √
64𝑠𝑡

3 4
10. √ √ √2
3
5) 3 √56𝑥 5 𝑦 7 𝑧 6
ACTIVITY 3: TEST YOUSELF!
Directions: Answer the following problem.
𝑎
1) Find four combination of whole numbers that satisfy √256 = 𝑏.

𝑥 𝑦
2) Simplify: √ √ √2𝑎
𝑧

3
3) Vincent simplified the radical expression √24𝑎4 as:
3 3 3
√24𝑎4 = √8𝑎3 • √3𝑎
3
= 2𝑎3 √3𝑎

Is he correct or not? If not, what is the correct answer?

WRAP-UP

In this lesson, you have learned the different laws on radicals. Read each
statement under the column STATEMENT then write TRUE if you agree with the
statement, write FALSE if you disagree. Write your answer on the RESPONSE
column.

STATEMENT RESPONSE
1. The product rule for radicals allows us to write
𝑛 𝑛 𝑛
√𝑎 √𝑏 = √𝑎𝑏. However, if n is even, the a and b must be
negative.
2. √0 = 0.
3. The √20 can be simplified while √30 cannot.
5
4. The radical expression √ is considered as simplified.
6

15
5. √ ≠ √5.
3
 VALUING

There are so many ways to stop the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 in our home
and in our community. In your own little way, what are the things you and your
family practice to prevent the virus to enter you home?

POSTTEST

Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the letter that corresponds to
the correct answer.

1) Which of the following can be the root of the radical expression √64𝑎4 𝑏 6 ?
A. 4a2b4 C. 8a2b3
B. 8a b
2 4 D. 8a3b3
2) Which of the expression is in its simplest form?
A. √4𝑥 C. √𝑥 3
B. √𝑥 D.√𝑥 2
3) Which of the following expressions is the simplest form of √12𝑐 6 𝑑 3 ?
A. 2𝑐 3 𝑑√3𝑑 C. 4𝑐 3 𝑑√3𝑑
B. 2𝑐 3 𝑑 2 √3𝑐 2 𝑑 D. 4𝑐 3 𝑑 2 √3𝑐 2 𝑑

4) Which of the following expression is TRUE?

A. √50 = 25√2 C. √3𝑎√15𝑎𝑏 = 3√5𝑎𝑏
B. √𝑥 12 = x6 D. √5 • √6 = 30

3
5) What is the root of the expression √ √64?
5
A. √64 C. 3
6
B. √64 D. 2
 KEY TO CORRECTION

5) D 4) A 3) D 1) B 2) C
PRETEST
𝑎6 𝑏 𝑐3 𝑏
10) 9) 8) 7) 6) a2
𝑏 𝑎6 1 1

81 9 9
5) 4) 3) 16 2) 1) 4
16 64 1
RECAP

7) √16𝑚2 𝑛2 8) 3ab4 6) -6x2 5) 20 4) -x√5 3) 8 23𝑏 2 1) 4

⬚
ACTIVITY 1: LET’S PRACTICE

3) Not correct. It should have been = 2𝑎 √3𝑎 1) 144ab2√2 2) √2𝑎

3 𝑥𝑦𝑧
ACTIVITY 3: TEST YOUSELF!
√(2)
8
2
5) 3 4) √ 3) √𝑎2 − 5𝑎 + 6 2) 20 √𝑥 2 1) √74
1 1 4 3 5

ACTIVITY 2: KEEP PRACTICING!

5) D 4) B 3) A 1) C 2) B
POSTTEST

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