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Expanding Brackets With Surds Practice Strips

The document presents a series of mathematical problems focused on expanding brackets involving surds. Each problem requires expressing the result in a specific form with integers. The problems include various expressions and operations involving square roots and integers.

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Expanding Brackets With Surds Practice Strips

The document presents a series of mathematical problems focused on expanding brackets involving surds. Each problem requires expressing the result in a specific form with integers. The problems include various expressions and operations involving square roots and integers.

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Expanding Brackets with Surds Expanding Brackets with Surds

(a) Show that (5 − √12)(2 + √3) can be (a) Show that (5 − √12)(2 + √3) can be
written in the form 𝑎 + √𝑏 where 𝑎 and 𝑏 written in the form 𝑎 + √𝑏 where 𝑎 and 𝑏
are integers. are integers.

(b) Show that (6 + √2)(√8 − 4) can be (b) Show that (6 + √2)(√8 − 4) can be
written in the form 𝑎√2 + 𝑏 where 𝑎 and 𝑏 written in the form 𝑎√2 + 𝑏 where 𝑎 and 𝑏
are integers. are integers.

(c) Show that √3(√12 − 2)2 can be (c) Show that √3(√12 − 2)2 can be
written in the form 𝑎√3 + 𝑏 where 𝑎 and 𝑏 written in the form 𝑎√3 + 𝑏 where 𝑎 and 𝑏
are integers. are integers.

(d) Show that (5 + √5)(√20 − 2)(3 − √5) (d) Show that (5 + √5)(√20 − 2)(3 − √5)
can be written in the form 𝑎√5 + 𝑏 where can be written in the form 𝑎√5 + 𝑏 where
𝑎 and 𝑏 are integers. 𝑎 and 𝑏 are integers.
(e) Show that (1 + √8)3 can be written in (e) Show that (1 + √8)3 can be written in
the form 𝑝 + √𝑞 where 𝑝 and 𝑞 are the form 𝑝 + √𝑞 where 𝑝 and 𝑞 are
integers. integers.

(f) Given that (f) Given that

(𝑎 + √6)(10 − √6) = 24 + 𝑏√6 (𝑎 + √6)(10 − √6) = 24 + 𝑏√6


find the values of the integers 𝑎 and 𝑏. find the values of the integers 𝑎 and 𝑏.
(g) Given that (g) Given that

(5 − √8)(3 − 𝑎√2) = 𝑏 − 21√2 (5 − √8)(3 − 𝑎√2) = 𝑏 − 21√2


find the values of the integers 𝑎 and 𝑏. find the values of the integers 𝑎 and 𝑏.

(h) Given that (h) Given that


2 2
(𝑝 + 2√𝑞) = 40 + 16√𝑞 (𝑝 + 2√𝑞) = 40 + 16√𝑞
find the values of the integers 𝑝 and 𝑞. find the values of the integers 𝑝 and 𝑞.
(i) Express (6 + √3)(𝑎 − 2√3)(4 − √12) (i) Express (6 + √3)(𝑎 − 2√3)(4 − √12)

in the form 𝑏 − 76√3 where 𝑎 and 𝑏 are in the form 𝑏 − 76√3 where 𝑎 and 𝑏 are
integers to be found. integers to be found.
(j) Given that (j) Given that

(𝑝 + √𝑞)(𝑝 − 3√𝑞) = 13 − 14√𝑞 (𝑝 + √𝑞)(𝑝 − 3√𝑞) = 13 − 14√𝑞


find the values of the integers 𝑝 and 𝑞. find the values of the integers 𝑝 and 𝑞.

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