Radical Review

What is a radicand?

• Another word for the square root symbol.

• Another word for a perfect square.

• The number underneath the square root.

• The number outside of the square root.

What is a coefficient?

• The number in front of a variable or grouping symbol.

• The number behind a variable or grouping symbol.

• The number underneath the square root symbol.

• Another word for a variable.

A rational number

• is a number that can be written as a fraction.

• is always positive.

• can be a repeating decimal.

• is a fraction but not a decimal.

Irrational numbers 

• never end and never repeat.

• can be positive or negative.

• are square roots of perfect squares.

Identify the rational numbers.

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Identify the rational numbers.

• rational

• irrational

Which is an example of the sum of a rational

number and an irrational number that results in

an irrational number?

Ture or False
The product or a rational number and an irrational number is always a Irrational number.

• True
• False