Exploring Multiplying Radicals

This video tutorial explains the process of multiplying radicals, emphasizing the importance of multiplying whole numbers and radicands separately. It provides examples of multiplying radicals with and without whole numbers, highlights the significance of recognizing perfect squares, and demonstrates how to simplify radicals that are not initially simplified.

What is the basic rule to remember when multiplying radicals?

• Add the whole numbers and multiply the radicands

• Multiply the whole numbers and add the radicands

• Multiply the whole numbers and multiply the radicands

• Add the whole numbers and add the radicands

What is the result of multiplying √5 and √2?

• √7

• √10

• √25

• √3

If you multiply 2√5 and 1√3, what is the result?

• √15

• 2√15

• √8

• 2√8

What is the square root of 9?

• 2

• 4

• 3

• 5

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What do you get when you multiply 2√7 and 4√3?

• 8√21

• 6√10

• 6√21

• 8√10

What is the result of multiplying 2√2 and 4√2?

• 8√4

• 8√2

• 8√8

• 8√16

What happens when you multiply a whole number with a perfect square inside the radical?

• The whole number is added to the perfect square

• The whole number is multiplied by the square root of the perfect square

• The whole number is subtracted from the perfect square

• The whole number is divided by the perfect square

What is the first step when simplifying a non-simplified radical?

• Multiply the radicands

• Subtract the whole numbers

• Divide by the smallest prime number

• Add the whole numbers

What is the simplified form of √48?

• 2√24

• 3√16

• 2√12

• 4√3

What is the final result of multiplying 5√6 and 3√8 after simplification?

• 60√6

• 60√3

• 30√48

• 45√48