Algebra
Operating With Surds

Algebra

Check For Understanding

• Check for understanding

​​ Index laws

• Multiplying indices
• Dividing indices
• Power of a power
• The zero power
• Expanding quotients
• What are negative indices
• Simplifying with negative indices
• Rational indices

Surds

• Simplifying surds
• Operating with surds

Expanding brackets

• Collecting like terms
• The distributive law
• FOIL expansion
• Special situations
• Further expansion​

When adding or subtracting two terms with the same surd, we can use the same collecting like terms rules that we applied with variables.