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WORKSHEET IN MATHEMATICS GRADE 9 Q2 WEEKS 5-6

NAME: ___________________________________________ TEACHER:_______________________

SECTION: _____________________________

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
Study this worksheet carefully. Answer all the activities. Attach additional sheet of paper for your solutions.

LESSON: SIMPLIFYING RADICAL EXPRESSIONS

At the end of the lesson, you are expected to:
a. Illustrates the laws of rational exponents.
b. Derives the laws of radicals from the laws of rational exponents.
c. Simplifies radical expressions using the laws of radicals.

PRE-ASSESSMENT
DIRECTION: Write the letter of the correct answer on the space provided.
_______1. Which of the following is NOT true about √
5
32 ?
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A. It is a radical expression. C. Its exponential notation is 32 5
B. Its exponential notation is 325 D. Its simplified form is 2.
_______2. Given the following statements, which of the following is/are NOT true about the simplified form of a
radical expression?
I. The radicand contains a fraction.
II. No denominator contains a radical sign.
III. No prime factor of a radicand that has an exponent equal to or greater than the index.
A. I only B. II only C. III only D. II and III only
_______3. Which of the following is true about √ n
ab ?
A. √ n
ab=√n a bn B. √
n
ab=an b n C. √n
ab=√n a √n b D. None of the above.
_______4. What is the result after simplifying √6 37
x ?
37
A. x 6 √ x B. x 6 C. x 6 √
6
x D. x 6

√
10
_______5. What is the result after simplifying 4 m ?
16
A.
m √m
24 2
B.
m
2
√m 2
C.
m2 √ m
D. Cannot be determined
2 4 2

Activity 1
Simplify.
1. √ 125 n=¿ 6. √ 4 x 2=¿
2. √ 216 v =¿ 7. √
3 8 12
40 x y =¿
3. √ 80 p 3=¿ 8. √
3 3 6
a b =¿
4. √ 200 m4 n=¿ 9. √
3 6
−27 c =¿
5. √ 16 u4 v 3 =¿ 10. √4 8 12
x y =¿

Activity 2
A. Simplify by rationalization of the denominator. Write the letter that corresponds to the correct answer in the
space provided.
_____1.
3
=¿ A.
√3 20 bx
√6 2x
a a √ 25
3
_____2. 3 =¿ B.
√5 5
 2

_____3.
3
2
√5 =¿
√
=¿ C.
7
√6
√35

_____4. D.
√7 2
_____5. 3
√
3
5b
=¿ E.
3 √6
√2 x 2 6
Activity 3
Write S if the given radical is already in its simplest form. Write N if it is not.
______1. √ 15 _____6.

2 x
√√
3 1
3
______2. √
3
16 _____7.
x
______3. √
8
144 _____8. √ 2 a2 b
3

______4. √ 8 a3 b6
6
_____9. √
3
3x
______5. 3 √ x2
5
_____10. √ 8 x
3

POST ASSESSMENT
DIRECTION: Write the letter of the correct answer on the space provided.

√
12
_______1. Which of the following is the result when we simplify 3 27 a ?
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A.
4
a √3a B.
3a 4
C.
3 a √3
43
D. a 4 √
3
3
3 3 3
_______2. Which of the following is true about √ x 10 b15?
15

A. x 2 b 3 B. √
5 2 3
x b C. √
3 2 3
x b D. b √
3 2
x
_______3. What factor would you use to rationalize a denominator of √
7 3
x?
A. √ x
7 4
B. x 4
C.√ x
7 7
D. x 7
_______4. Which of the following is NOT TRUE about √ 8 r ?
6 3

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A. Its exponential notation is ( 8 r 3 ) 6 . C. It is equivalent to √√8 r
3 3
.
3 6
B. Its exponential notation is ( 8 r ) . D. Its simplified form is √ 2 r .

_______5. Simplify the quotient of

√7 . A.
√7 B.
√21 C.
7
D.
7
√3 3 3 √3 3