Test 03.31.23 All About Operations with Radicals A

In the picture, the "3" is called...

• the index

• the radical sign

• the radicand

• none

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

• radical sign

• radicand

• factor

• exponent

True or False? A radical is simplified when it has NO perfect square factors. (a)  

• true
• false

When do you simplify FIRST?

• Multiplying

• Adding and Subtracting

Which of these involves simplifying? (Check all that apply)

• Simplifying

• Adding and Subtracting

• Multiplying

When subtracting radical expressions, make sure to subtract ____________ if the index and radicand are the same.

• Coefficients

• Index

When adding radicals, you must make sure the roots have the same __________ and the same ___________.

• Index, Radicand

• Radicand, Index

• Index, Index

• Radicand, Radicand

In order to add radicals together, what must be the same? (choose all that applies)

• radicand

• index

• coefficient

• none of these

What kind of terms can be added or subtracted? (Check all that apply)

• Like terms

• Common terms

• Terms with the same radicand

When multiplying radical expressions, make sure to _____ coefficients.

• Multiply

• Add