1. 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

2. List of Perfect Squares: 1-15
# Perfect Square # Perfect Square 36 49 64 81
100

3. 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:

4. Example 1: 16 Example 2: 20 Example 3: 72 Example 4: 180