Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION V
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF SORSOGON CITY

ACTIVITY SHEET IN MATHEMATICS

Grade: 9 Week: 4 Quarter: 2

I. Objective
The learner derives the laws of radicals. (M9AL-IIf-2)

II. Input/ Discussion

 The laws of radicals are derived directly from the laws of exponents by means
n
of the definition √a ͫ = am/n.
 The laws are designed to make simplification much easier.
 Step 1: Transform the radical into exponential form.
Step 2: Factor the radicand if necessary.

LAWS OF RADICALS
𝟏 𝒏
𝒏 ( )𝒏 ( )
1. ( √𝒂)n = 𝜶 𝒏 =𝜶 𝒏 =a
𝟏 𝟑
𝟑 (𝟑)𝟑 ( 𝟑)
Examples: ( √𝟓)3 = 𝟓 =𝟓 = 51 = 5
𝟏 𝟐
(𝟐)𝟐 (𝟐)
(√𝟑𝒃)2 = (𝟑𝒃) = (𝟑𝒃) = (3b)1 = 3b
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
𝒏 (𝒏) (𝒏) (𝒏) 𝒏 𝒏
2. √𝒂𝒃 = 𝜶𝒃 =𝜶 ·𝒃 = √𝒂 √𝒃

𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
(𝟐) (𝟐) ( 𝟐) ( 𝟐)
Examples: √𝟏𝟖 = 𝟏𝟖 = (𝟗 · 𝟐) =𝟗 ▪𝟐 = √𝟗 ▪ √𝟐 = 𝟑√𝟐
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
𝟑 ( 𝟑) (𝟑) ( 𝟑) ( 𝟑) 𝟑 𝟑 𝟑
√𝟒𝟎 = 𝟒𝟎 = (𝟖 · 𝟓) =𝟖 ▪𝟓 = √𝟖 ▪ √𝟓 = 𝟐 √𝟓
𝟏
( ) 𝒏
𝒏𝒂 𝒂 ( 𝟏) 𝒂𝒏 √𝒂
3. √𝒃= ( )𝒏= 𝟏 = 𝒏
𝒃 ( ) √𝒃
𝒃𝒏

𝟏
𝒎 𝒎 𝟏 𝒎𝟐 √𝒎
Examples: √ = ( )𝟐 = 𝟏 =
𝟕 𝟕 √𝟕
𝟕𝟐
𝟏
𝟏 ( ) 𝟑
𝟑 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐𝟑 √𝟐
√ = ( )( 𝟑 ) = 𝟏 = 𝟑
𝟓 𝟓 ( ) √𝟓
𝟓𝟑

𝒎𝒏 𝒎 𝒏 𝒏
4. √𝒂 = √ √𝒂 or √ 𝒎√𝒂

𝟔 𝟑
Examples: √𝟖 = √ √𝟖 = √𝟐 (Since the radicand 8 is a perfect cube, the
inner index must be 3).
𝟔 𝟑 𝟑
√
√𝟒 = √𝟒 = √𝟐 (Since the radicand 4 is a perfect square, the
inner index must be 2).
III. Practice Task

Match the examples in column A to the laws of radicals in column B. Write only the letter
before the number.

Column A Column B

𝟑 √𝟑 𝒏
_____1.√ = a. ( √𝒂)n=a
𝟓 √𝟓
𝟑 𝒏 𝒏 𝒏
_____2.(√𝟐𝟏)3 = 21 b. √𝒂𝒃 = √𝒂 √𝒃
𝒏
𝒏 𝒂 √𝒂
_____3.√𝟒𝟎 = √𝟒√𝟏𝟎 c. √ = 𝒏
𝒃 √𝒃
𝟏𝟐 𝟑 𝟒 𝒎 𝒏 𝒎𝒏 𝒎 𝒏
_____4. √𝟐𝟕 = √ √𝟐𝟕 d. √ √𝒂 = √𝒂 = √ √𝒂
𝟑
𝟑 𝟒 √𝟒
_____5.√ = 𝟑
𝟑 √𝟑

IV. Evaluation

Choose the letter of the correct answer.

𝒏
1. Using the law of radical ( √𝒂)n=a, which of the following is true?
𝟏 𝟖 𝟏
𝟒 (𝟒)(𝟒) 𝟓 (𝟓)𝟓
a. ( √𝟓)8 = 𝟓 c. ( √𝟑)5 = 𝟑
𝟔 𝟏 𝟐
𝟒 𝟒( ) 𝟑 ( )( )
b. ( √𝒙)6 = 𝒙 𝟒 d. ( √𝟔)2 = 𝟔 𝟑 𝟑

√𝟓
2. A radical expression is an example of what law of radicals?
√𝟑
𝒏
𝒏 𝒏 𝒂 √𝒂
a. ( √𝒂)n=a c. √ = 𝒏
𝒃 √𝒃
𝒏 𝒏 𝒏 𝒎𝒏 𝒎𝒏 𝒎 𝒏
b. √𝒂𝒃 = √𝒂 √𝒃 d. √ √𝒂 = √𝒂 = √ √𝒂
𝒏 𝒏 𝒏
3. Which does NOT exhibit the law of radical √𝒂𝒃 = √𝒂 √𝒃 ?
𝟑 𝟑 𝟑 𝟒
a. √𝟏𝟎 = √𝟓 √𝟐 c. √𝟏𝟓 = √𝟑√𝟓
𝟑 𝟑 𝟑
b. √𝟔 = √𝟐√𝟑 d. √𝟏𝟒 = √𝟕 √𝟐

𝒎𝒏 𝒏 𝒎 𝒎 𝒏
4. Which of the following is an example of the law of radical √𝒂 = √ √𝒂 or √ √𝒂 ?

𝟏𝟎 𝟓 𝟒 𝟑
a. √𝟑𝟐 = √ √𝟑𝟐 c. √𝟐𝟓 = √√𝟐𝟓
𝟓 𝟔 𝟒
b. √𝟖 = √√𝟖 d. √𝟕 = √√𝟕
𝟑
5. A radical expression ( √𝟏𝟑)3 = 13 is an example of what law of radicals?
𝒏 𝒏 𝒂 𝒏√𝒂
a. ( √𝒂)n=a c. √ = 𝒏
𝒃 √𝒃
𝒏 𝒏 𝒏 𝒎𝒏 𝒎𝒏 𝒎 𝒏
b. √𝒂𝒃= √𝒂 √𝒃 d. √ √𝒂 = √𝒂= √ √𝒂

Answer Key (Practice Task)

1. C 2. A 3. B 4. D 5. C