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Surds Worksheet

This document is a worksheet on working with surds. It contains 5 exercises: 1) simplifying surds by finding square roots, 2) simplifying surds using multiplication and division, 3) expanding brackets containing surds, 4) rationalizing denominators containing surds, and 5) working with surds in geometry problems like finding missing lengths in triangles and proving triangles are right-angled. The worksheet tests a student's ability to perform different surd operations and apply them to geometric problems.

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Surds Worksheet

This document is a worksheet on working with surds. It contains 5 exercises: 1) simplifying surds by finding square roots, 2) simplifying surds using multiplication and division, 3) expanding brackets containing surds, 4) rationalizing denominators containing surds, and 5) working with surds in geometry problems like finding missing lengths in triangles and proving triangles are right-angled. The worksheet tests a student's ability to perform different surd operations and apply them to geometric problems.

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Surds Worksheet

Surds are square roots.


I can simplify a surd by looking for square numbers
eg 24 YES/NO (No, Exercise A)
I can simplify surds using multiplication and division
eg 3 x 5 YES/N0 (No, Exercise B)
I can expand brackets containing surds
eg 23(2 + 218) YES/NO (No, Exercise C)
I can rationalise the denominator containing a surd
Eg (3 + 5) YES/NO (No, Exercise D)
5
I can do all of these and can confidently work with surds YES/NO (Yes, Exercise E
(No, Try A-D)

Exercise A Simplify (B Grade)

1. 12 2. 75 3. 28 4. 160

Exercise B Simplify (A Grade)

1. 3 x 2 2. 24 8 3, 218 x 32 4. 433 23

Exercise C Expand (A* Grade)

1. 3(2 - 3) 2. 32(4-22) 3. (1+3)(3 - 3) 4. (1 + 3)2

Exercise D Rationalise (A* Grade)

1. 1 2. 2 3. (2 - 3) 4. (2 - 5)
3 35 3 (5 +1)

Exercise E Working with surds


Work out the missing lengths in the following triangles. Leave you answer in surd form

1. 2. 22 3. 15
8
3

10 11

4. Prove that the following triangle is right-angled.


2 + 10
3

2 +5

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