Vocabulary
FOR A GIVEN VALUE, IT'S THE NUMBER THAT, WHEN MULTIPLIED BY ITSELF, YIELDS THE ORIGINAL VALUE
WHAT IS
SQUARE ROOT?
√64
WHAT IS
8?
TO TAKE THE SQUARE ROOT OF A VARIABLE, DIVIDE ITS POWER BY THIS PRIME NUMBER
What is
2?
√3 * -√2
What is
-√6 ?
THIS IS THE FIRST STEP YOU MUST ALWAYS CHECK FOR
WHAT IS
ISOLATE THE RADICAL?
THE NUMBER WRITTEN UNDER THE RADICAL SYMBOL
WHAT IS
RADICAND?
√400
WHAT IS
20?
SIMPLIFY √n7
What is
n3 √n ?
4√6n2 * √6n
What is
24n√n ?
TO GET RID OF THE RADICAL ON EITHER SIDE OF THE EQUATION, YOU MUST DO THIS
WHAT IS
SQUARE BOTH SIDES?
THE NUMBER WRITTEN ABOVE THE RADICAL SYMBOL, IT INDICATES WHICH ROOT IS TAKEN
WHAT IS
INDEX?
√121
WHAT IS 11?
SIMPLIFY √63b2
What is
3b√7 ?
(2√7 + 1)2
What is
29 + 4√7 ?
WHEN CHECKING YOUR SOLUTIONS, SOME DON'T WORK AND WE CALL THEM THIS
WHAT IS
EXTRANEOUS ?
(or extraneous solutions)
YOU MUST DO THIS TO A FRACTION WITH A RADICAL IN ITS DENOMINATOR
WHAT IS RATIONALIZE?
√256
WHAT IS
16?
SIMPLIFY
4√5 + 8√5
What is
12√5 ?
√14r2 * √6r7
What is
2r4√21r ?
WHEN YOU SQUARE A BINOMIAL AND END UP WITH A QUADRATIC EQUATION, YOU'LL LIKELY HAVE TO SOLVE USING THIS STRATEGY
WHAT IS
FACTORING?
(also acceptable: "X GAME" or quadratic formula)
THE EXPRESSION OBTAINED BY CHANGING THE SIGN BETWEEN THE TERMS OF A BINOMIAL
WHAT IS
CONJUGATE?
√324
WHAT IS
18?
SIMPLIFY
-4√160 - 2√90
What is
-22√10 ?
(6√48) ÷ (4√6)
What is
3√2 ?
IF NEITHER OF YOUR SOLUTIONS WORK, AND YOU DIDN'T MAKE A MISTAKE, THIS IS YOUR ANSWER
WHAT IS
"NO SOLUTION" ?