Unit 1.3 Part A Learning Goal: Students will be able to identify perfect squares and then be able to simplify radicals by using Perfect Squares
List of Perfect Squares: 1-15 # Perfect Square # Perfect Square 1 11 121 4 12 144 9 13 169 16 14 196 25 15 225 36 49 64 81 100
A radical is considered simplified when: There are no perfect squares left under the radical sign. There are no radicals in the denominator There are no fractions left under the radical sign. Examples:
Example 1: 16 Example 2: 20 Example 3: 72 Example 4: 180