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Unit 1: Relationships Between Quantities and Expressions

Extend the properties of exponential to rational exponents

SWBAT rewrite expressions involving radicals using properties of addition,

subtraction, and multiplication IOT generate equivalent expressions.

Rewriting Radical Expressions

Evaluate

1. 25 2. 400 3. 121

List the perfect squares below through 225:

Simplify
To simplify a radical, factor the expression under the radical sign to its prime
factors. For every pair of like factors, bring out one of the factors. Multiply
whatever is outside the sign, then multiply whatever is inside the sign. Remember
that for each pair, you “bring out” only one of the numbers.

Simplify

1. 32 2. 24

3. 200 4. 72
5. 80 6. 3 12

7. 5 16 8. 5 32

9. 8 81 10. 5 125
11. 10 108 12. 2 98

13. 12 84 14. 3 405

15. 8 96 16. 4 132