Simplifying Radicals

Simplify:
√45

• 9√5
• 3√5
• 5√9
• 3√15

Simplify:
√96

• 16√6
• 6√16
• 9√6
• 4√6

√48

• 4√2
• 6√3
• 4√3
• 4√2

In simplest radical form,
√75 is equivalent to

• 25√3
• 25√3
• 5√3
• 3√5

Simplify √60

• 2√15
• 12
• 4√15
• 3√5

Simplify the following radical: √150

• 5√15
• 5√2
• 5√6
• 15√5

√243

• 3√3
• 9√3
• 81√3
• 3√81

Simplify:
3√16

• 12
• 48
• √12
• 3√4

The number under the radical sign or square root sign  is called the ______.

• radical sign
• radicand
• factor
• exponent

Simplify the following radical: 2√24

• 4√6
• 2√6
• 24√2
• 4√4