Simplify Radicals

• DO NOW: SOLVE THE INEQUALITY BY

FOLLOWING THE STEPS WE HAVE
LEARNED OVER THE LAST TWO DAYS.
THEN WE WILL GRAPH TOGETHER ON THE
CALCULATOR;
HOW DO WE SIMPLIFY
RADICALS?
1. simplify square roots, and
2. simplify radical expressions.
If x2 = y then x is a square root of y.
In the expression ,
is the radical sign and
64 is the radicand.

1. Find the square root:

8
2. Find the square root:
-0.2
3. Find the square root:
11, -11
4. Find the square root:
21
5. Find the square root:
6. Use a calculator to find each
square root. Round the decimal
answer to the nearest hundredth.

6.82, -6.82
What numbers are perfect squares?
1•1=1
2•2=4
3•3=9
4 • 4 = 16
5 • 5 = 25
6 • 6 = 36
49, 64, 81, 100, 121, 144, ...
 1. Simplify
Find a perfect square that goes into 147.
 2. Simplify
Find a perfect square that goes into 605.
 Simplify

1. .

2. .

3. .

4. .
How do you simplify variables in the radical?

Look at these examples and try to find the pattern…

What is the answer to ?

As a general rule, divide the

exponent by two. The
remainder stays in the
radical.
 4. Simplify
Find a perfect square that goes into 49.

5. Simplify
 Simplify

1. 3x6
2. 3x 18

3. 9x6
4. 9x 18
 What are Perfect Cubes?
• 13 = 1 x 1 x 1 = 1
• 23 = 2 x 2 x 2 = 8
• 33 = 3 x 3 x 3 = 27
• 43 = 4 x 4 x 4 = 64
• 53 = 5 x 5 x 5 = 125
• and so on and on and on…..
2x2=4

2
3x3=9

3
4 x 4 = 16
4

4
5 x 5 = 25
5

5
The square root of 4 is 2
The square root of 9 is 3
The square root of 16 is 4
The square root of 25 is 5
Cubes

5 6
7 8
1 2
3 4
 2x2x2=8

2
3 x 3 x 3 = 27
 NTH ROOTS
• a square (second) root
is written as:
• a cube (third) root is
written as:
• a fourth root is written
as: 
• a fifth root is written
as: 
 SIMPLIFY
1.
2.
3.
 ANSWERS
• 1. 7
• 2. -2
• 3. 3xy2
• CUBES:
Cathy is building a cubic
storage room. She wants the volume of
the space to be 1728 cubic feet. What
should the dimensions of the cube be?
ASTRONOMY A special form of
Kepler’s Third Law of Planetary Motion
is given by where a is the
average distance of an object from the
Sun in AU (astronomical units) and P is
the period of the orbit in years. If an
object is orbiting the Sun with a period
of 12 years, what is its distance from
the Sun?
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