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Understanding Surds: Simplifying and Operations | Maths Department at Millburn Academy

Learn about surds, irrational numbers that are roots of other numbers. Discover how to simplify surds by dividing with square numbers and perform operations like addition and subtraction. Examples and challenges included.

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Understanding Surds: Simplifying and Operations | Maths Department at Millburn Academy

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  1. Millburn Academy Maths department Surds 1 National 5

  2. A surd is an irrational number, which is the root (square, cube etc) of another number. Examples: = so is a surd 1∙414213562…. = so is a surd 1∙732050808…. = so is NOT a surd 2 = so is a surd 1∙709975947….

  3. We can add or subtract surds of the same value. Examples: or 2

  4. Simplifying Surds is a surd but it can be simplified We can simplify a surd if it can be divided by a square number. Reminder: Square Numbers 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, 100, 121, 144 ….

  5. Simplifying the following surds:

  6. These surds are different so can’t be added together. However can be simplified. We can now add them together.

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