Classifying Radical Expressions

Read the question carefully and choose the correct answer.

• A

• B

• C

• D

Explain why the radical expression is or is NOT in simplified form?

• The expression is simplified because the radicand contains no fractions

• The expression is simplified because the radicand has no​ perfect-square factors other than 1.

• The expression is not in simplified form because a radical appears in the denominator of a fraction.

• The expression is not simplified because it contains a fraction.

Simplify:

• 2√12

• 4√12

• 4√3

• 16√3

Simplify:

• A

• B

• C

• D

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• > 
• =
• None of the Above

What do we call √ ?

• radicand

• radical symbol

• cube root

• index

√10

• Rational

• Irrational

What is the square root symbol called?

• Radicand

• Radical

• The house

• It doesn't have a name

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√24

• 4√6

• 2√6

• 6√2

• 2√12