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Quarter 2 – Module 6:
Simplifying Radical Expressions

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Quarter 2 – Module 6: Simplifying Radical Expressions

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 What I Need to Know

This module covers key concepts of simplifying radicals. You will learn
more about applying the laws radicals in simplifying radical expressions.

Lesson 1 • Simplifying Radical Expressions

In this lesson you will learn to:

• simplify radical expressions using the laws of radicals.(M9AL-IIg-1)

Lesson Simplifying Radical

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Expressions

What’s In
Matching Type. Match items in column A to the items in column B.
Write the letter that compounds to your answer on the space provided.

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 √10
-3
3
√−27

Question:

1 . How do you write the expression with rational exponent as radical?

What’s New
Let us consider the following radical expressions.

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Question:

1. How do you simplify the radical expressions?

2. What concepts/ skills are needed to simplify them?

What is It
Since you are now able of writing expressions with rational
exponents as radicals, let us now learn how to simplify radical
expressions through the laws of radicals.

Laws of Radicals

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3. Rationalizing the denominator of the radicand

Rationalization is the process of removing the radical sign in the

denominator. To rationalize the denominator, multiply the numerator and
denominator of the radicand by the expression of lowest power that will
convert the denominator into a perfect square.

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The simplest form of a radical expression would require;

1. NO prime factor of a radicand that has an exponent equal to or greater

than the index.
2. NO radicand contains a fraction.
3. NO denominator contains a radical sign.

What’s More
Activity 1. Make Me Simple

Simplify the following radical expressions. Assume that the variables are
positive.

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Activity 2. Who Am I?

Use your knowledge in simplifying radicals, decode the following.

Who was the first mathematician to unite the German radical sign √
with the vinculum to create the radical symbol in common use today? Find
out by simplifying the following radicals. Then write the letter that
corresponds to the correct answer. These letters will spell out the name of this
great mathematician.

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 8a3√b

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4xyz √2𝑥 2 𝑦

Answer:

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

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Activity 3. Justify Your Answer!

Given below are examples of how to simplify radicals. Identify if the given
process below is TRUE or FALSE, then state your reason. For those you
identified as false, make it true by writing the correct part of the solution.

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Questions:

1. What processes were you observed in simplifying radical expressions?

2. How do we simplify radicals with the same index?
3. How do we simplify radicals with different indices?
4. How do we simplify expressions with radicals in the denominator?
5. What important understanding is necessary to simplify the given expressions?

What I Can Do
Apply the knowledge you have learn in simplifying radicals to
arrange in ascending order the following children according to
their weights in kilograms.

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 Assessment

3. Which of the following is an incorrect characteristic of a radical in

simplest form?

A. No fraction as radicand.
B. No radicands with variable.
C. No radical appears in the denominator of a fraction.
D. No radicands have perfect square factors other than 1.

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 Answer Key

ඥ 2
𝑦xy 2√53 3√11

REFERENCES
Jose-Dilao, Soledad and Bernabe , Julieta G, Intermediate Algebra ,Revised Edition

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