Radical, dude! The resource provides an explanation on how to simplify radical expressions. It makes clear that radical expressions are ones that are strictly numerical but also are algebraic expressions. One of the problem sets includes how to rewrite radicals and fractional exponents.

Concepts

radical expressions, simplify radicals, radicals, radicand, square roots, fractional exponents

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Split up the problem set videos with the lesson using those types of problems

Classroom Considerations

• Some pupils may have a hard time remembering the perfect squares
• Pupils need to remember how to use a factor tree

Pros

• Explains several problem sets
• Makes the connections between decimal approximations and exact values

Cons

• The explanation for the concept video does not belong with the video

Common Core

8.EE.A.2 HSN-RN.A.1 HSN-RN.A.2 MP6 MP7