Objective

Thestudentwillbeableto:
simplify radical expressions
involving addition and subtraction.
SOL: A.3
Designed by Skip Tyler, Varina High School

1.Simplify.

3 54 52 5

Justlikewhenaddingvariables,you
canonlycombineLIKEradicals.

5 5

2.Simplify. 6 7 3 2 7 4 3
Whicharelikeradicals?
4 7 3 3

Simplify 5 2 6 2 4 2
1.
2.
3.
4.

5
2 6 2 4 2
2
15
3 2

7 2
.

3.Findtheperimeterofarectangle
whoselengthis4 6 3andwhose
widthis 2 3 4.
4 6

2 3 4.

2 3 4.

4 6

Perimeter=Addallofthesides
8 6 6 3 8

4.Simplify. 4 27 2 48 2 20
Simplifyeachradical.
4 9g3 2 16g3 2 4g5
4g3 3 2g4 3 2g2 5
12 3 8 3 4 5

Combinelikeradicals.
4 34 5

5.Simplify 8 50 5 72 2 98
8 25g2 5 36g2 2 49g2
8g5 2 5g6 2 2g7 2
40 2 30 2 14 2
56 2

Simplify 5 3 4 2 3 3
1.
2.
3.
4.

5 3 4 2 3 3

6 2
2 3 4 2

8 34 2
.

Simplify 3 12 4 27
1.
2.
3.
4.

7 39
48 3
48 6

18 3
.