surds

Surds are popular in mathematics similarly to indices. In fact you can imagine surds as being the opposite of indices.
…because while squaring a number such as 2² gives 4.
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…the square root (2th root) of 4 is 2.
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What is a surd?

Surd: A surd is any number with an nth root.

In mathematics the nth root of a number x is a number r which, when raised to the power of n equals to x as we have seen about.
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…when n is the degree of the root; for example a root of degree 2 is called a square root while a root of degree 3 is called the cube root.
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Surds unable to write the number exactly. So numbers cannot be evaluated exactly because they give never-ending, non-repeating decimal fractions for example;

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You should be familiar with the following surds rules;
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6 Responses

  1. Sam says:

    I need multiple worksheets with answers on Surds.
    This will help high school students and teachers.

  2. admin says:

    Hi, I will work on some more worksheets and post them in the worksheets section. You can find a worksheet I posted here: http://worksheets.mathsrev.com/surds-worksheet/ But I will work on some more.

  3. sandisile says:

    cn i have more examples on surds and recurring numbers

  4. Chofor Herbert Simpson Ndimwa says:

    i love the side

  5. lily rose says:

    i am confuse about surd, i don’t understand it

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