Exploring Adding and Subtracting Radicals

Exploring Adding and Subtracting Radicals

Assessment

Interactive Video

Mathematics

8th - 12th Grade

Hard

Created by

Amelia Wright

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What must be true about radicals in order to add or subtract them?

They must be whole numbers.

They must be prime numbers.

They must have the same index and radicand.

They must have the same coefficient.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In the expression 8√7 + 5√7, what is the result?

40√7

13√14

3√7

13√7

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How do you handle a radical without a written coefficient?

Assume the coefficient is negative one.

Assume the coefficient is ten.

Assume the coefficient is one.

Assume the coefficient is zero.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the result of 3√11 + 6√11 - 2√11?

9√11

7√11

1√11

11√11

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When combining 9√7 + 5√7 - 4√2 + 3√2, what is the simplified form?

14√7 - 1√2

14√7 + √2

14√7 + 1√2

14√7 - √2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What should you do if radicals are not alike from the start?

Add them directly.

Subtract them directly.

Simplify each radical as much as possible.

Ignore the radicals.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Simplify 3√7 - 2√28. What is the result?

√28

√35

√7

√49

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