1. Simplify:

2. Square Roots and Simplifying Radicals

3. Radical Sign (square root sign)
Radicand
Numbers or variables under the radical sign

4. Prime Numbers …

5. Radicals are in SIMPLEST FORM when..
1. No perfect square factors other than 1 are under the radical.
No fractions are under the radical.
No radicals are in the denominator.

6. When you have a pair, bring the number out.
EX:1 Simplify.
When you have a pair, bring the number out.

7. When you have a pair, bring the number out.
EX:2 Simplify
When you have a pair, bring the number out.

8. EX:3 Simplify.

9. EXTRA

10. You try!

11. Variables as Radicands
Even Exponent –
ODD Exponent –
Take HALF out (nothing left under the radical)
Leave ONE under the radical and take HALF of the rest out