Calculating with Surds

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1 Express 12 in its simplest form.

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2 Express 50 in its simplest form.

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3 Express 500 in its simplest form.

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4 Express 27 in its simplest form.

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5 Express 98 in its simplest form.

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6 Express 48 in its simplest form.

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7 Express 5 8 in its simplest form.

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8 Express 4 18 in its simplest form.

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9 Express 2 200 in its simplest form.

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10 Express 9 20 in its simplest form.

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11 Express 7 640 in its simplest form.

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12 Express 5 80 in its simplest form.

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13 Express 3 72 in its simplest form.

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14 Work out 6 × 3 giving your answer in its simplest form.

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15 Work out 10 × 6 giving your answer in its simplest form.

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16 Work out 2 5 × 5 8 giving your answer in its simplest form.

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17 Work out 4 2 × 2 12 giving your answer in its simplest form.

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18 Work out 2 20 × 3 5 giving your answer as an integer.

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19 Work out 6 giving your answer as an integer.

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20 Work out 5 giving your answer as an integer.

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21 Work out 2 3 giving your answer in its simplest form.

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22 Work out 2× 3× 5 giving your answer as an integer.

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23 Express 3 in the form a 3 , where a is an integer.

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24 Work out 60 ÷ 3 giving your answer in its simplest form.

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25 Work out 8 30 ÷ 4 6 giving your answer in its simplest form.

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18 150
26 Simplify fully
9 3

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40 40
27 Simplify fully
5 10

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28 Simplify fully
5

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29 Simplify 11 + 11 + 11

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30 Simplify 3 5 + 6 5

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31 Simplify 9 7 + 3 7 – 7

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32 Work out 2+6 2–2 2 giving your answer as an integer.

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33 Simplify 4 3 + 6 2 – 3 + 8 2

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34 Express 18 + 2 in the form a 2 , where a is an integer.

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35 Express 2 3 + 75 in the form a 3 , where a is an integer.

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36 Express 32 + 8 in the form a 2 , where a is an integer.

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37 Express 3 500 – 20 in the form a 5 , where a is an integer.

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38 Express 28 + 175 – 3 7 in the form a 7 , where a is an integer.

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39 Ross is doing a surds question.

Ross writes:

300 + 12 = 312
= 4 × 78
= 2 × 78
= 2 78

Explain the mistake that Ross has made

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30 × 5 6
40 Work out giving your answer as an integer.
125 – 20

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