Students will learn how to add and subtract radical expressions. Easy problems involve combining like terms. Harder problems involve combining like terms after converting entire radicals to mixed radicals. Conclude by giving your students this challenge: Find the perimeter of the figure below.
Here's the solution.
Conclude by giving your students these challenges:
- Mixed Colors by MAA
- Pairs of Legs by NRICH
- 2012 AMC 8, Problem 6
- 2008 AMC 8, Problem 9
- Handshakes by Pierce School: Problem / Solution