By:

Adibah Syahzani binti Safferi

(MS1618623377)

Diana binti Din

TOPIC 1: NUMBER
SYSTEMS
(SURDS)

(MS1618625973)

Nur Aina Najwa binti

Zamkhasyri (MS1618624487)
Lecturer:
Chow Choon Wooi

Tutorial: K1S3T5B

SUR
DS

When we can't simplify a number to remove a square root (or cube root etc) then it is a surd.
Example: 2(square root of 2) can't be simplified further so it is asurd
Example: 4(square root of 4)canbe simplified (to 2), so it isnot a surd!
Have a look at some more examples:

Number

Simplified

1.414213
5
(etc)

1.732050
8
(etc)

Surd

Not a
surd

Surd

As a
Decimal

Surd or not?

Conclusion
When it is arootandirrational, it is a surd.
Butnot allroots are surds

11

27

11

0.5

2.223980
0
(etc)

1.245730
9
(etc)

Not a
surd

Surd

Not a
surd

Surd

3
3

Rules of Surds

1.

2.

3.

a 0 ,b

4.
5.

( ) = a + b + 2

6.

()()=a-b

Addition of Surds

Subtraction of Surds

Multiplication of Surds

Multiplying Radicals
There are two types :
a b = ab
a b cd = acbd

a) 3 12=
=
=6

b) 6 4 =
=

c) 32 2=

ab
cd = ac

b)

Division of Surds

b)

Rationalising the Denominator

alising the denominator is an algebraic operation to change the denominator to a rational number. To do
both the numerator and the denominator of the fraction by the conjugate of the denominator of the fracti

Rationalising the Denominator

Example:

Rationalising the Denominator

Conjugated
pairs
Example:

Rationalising the Denominator

Rationalising
of denominator using conjugated pairs: