Grade 9 October 29, 2009

Worksheet Radicals

I- Simplify:
1) 81  25 2) 5 5  80  45 3) 3 2  2  5
4)  2 3  3 5) 5 2  2 1  2  6) 12  27

II- Calculate:
1) x2  y2 for x  3 2 and y 6

2)  x  y 2 for x  8 and y 50

3) xy for x  3 and y2 6

4) x2 for x  2  3

III- 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  3 2 9) 7  14  2  11

3)  4  2 3  3 10)
2 49  5 4
3 16
27 10
4)
5

3
11) 3 2  2

 2 3  2

2 7 14
5)  12) 9 2  3 2  9  10
3 2
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  
80  1 and B= 
3 20  5 
Show that A = B

VII- Let a  2 12 and b  3 3

Calculate:

a
ab   b2 
b

3 6
5
VIII- Can you write the number without a radical? Show your work.
4 2
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:

500
A= 5 5 B=
5
C= 2 5 5 D= 20
E = 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