Grade 9
October 29, 2009 Worksheet Radicals
I- Simplify: 1) 4)
2)
81 + 25
(
2− 3
)
3) 3 2 ( 2 −5)
5 5 + 80 − 45
5) (5 2 + 2 )(1 − 2 )
3
6)
12 + 27
II- Calculate: 1) x 2 + y 2
for x = 3 2 and
y= 6
for
x= 8
and
y = 50
3) xy
for
x= 3
and
y =2 6
4) x 2
for
x =2 + 3
2)
III-
( x + y) 2
Given the following numbers:
a = 2 63 + 28 − 175
;
(
)(
b = 3 − 5 3 5 +5
);
c = 2 7 × 33 × 5 4
Simplify a, b, and c.
IV-Simplify: 1)
7 2 − 33
8)
50 + 72 − 4 8
2)
7 2 − 32
9)
7 × 14 × 2 × 11
3)
(− 4 + 2 3 )
4)
27 10 × 5 3
3
10)
2 49 + 5 4 3 16
11) (3 2 )2 − (− 2 3 ) 2
5)
2 7 14 + 3 2
12) 9 2 + 3 2 − 9 + 10
6) (1 + 5 )(2 + 5 ) 7)
2 4 × 24
(
)
V- Given x = 2 1 + 6 and y = 2 − 6
Calculate x 2 ; y 2 and x 2 + y 2
VI- Given A=
15
(
) and B=
80 −1
(
3 20 − 5
)
Show that A = B
VII-
Let a = 2 12 and
b = −3 3
Calculate: a = b
ab =
b2 =
3 6
VIII-
Can you write the number
5 4 2
without a radical? Show your work.
7 15
IX- Let E =
48 + 20
and F =
108 − 45
a) Simplify E and F b) Verify that E × F is a natural number
X- Given the following expressions: A=
5+ 5
B=
500 5
C= E=
2 5
5
D=
20
5 +5
Show that three of these numbers are equal
XI-The unit of length is centimeter Given a rectangle of dimensions
x = 4 +2 3
and
y =8 + 3
1) Identify the length and the width of the rectangle 2) Express the area of this rectangle in the form of a +b 3 where
a and
b are
integers 3) Compare the area of this rectangle to the area of the square of side 5 +2 3