Grade 8 Bilingual Math

Square root
Jackie.Zhou
Yantai Yew Wah International School
junzhou013@gmail.com
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Think and Try
(1) The length and width of a rectangle is a and b, nd the length of its
diagonal.
(2) The area of a square is S, nd the length of its edge, diagonal.
Ans:

a
2
+ b
2
,

S,

2S
Quadratic radical
Generally, a number like

a(a 0) is called quadratic radical. a is the
radicand. A number like b

a can also be considered as quadratic radical.

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Square roots verse Principal square root
Square roots of a(a 0):

a,

a
Principal square root of a(a 0):

a

a(a 0) (

a)
2
= a(a 0)
Find the range of a to make the expression meaningful
(1)

a
(2)

a + 1
(3)

1 3a
(4)

a 2 +

7 2a
(5)

a 2 +
1
72a
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(

a)
2
= a(a 0)
(1) (

5m)
2
(m 0)
(2) (2

3)
2
(3) (

a
2
+ b
2
)
2
when a 0,

a
2
= a or

a
2
= |a|
(1)

4x
2
(2)

9m
2
4

ab =

b(a 0, b 0)
(1)

9 25
(2)

16a
2
(3)

300
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a
b
=

b
(1)

4
9
(2)

45a
169b
2
Simplify quadratic radical:Blaaaaa
(1)

1
2
(2)

54b
3
(3)

y
2x
3
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Addition/subtraction: simplication, unite like terms
(1) 2

12

27 +

18
(2)
2
3

9x (x

1
x
+

x)
(3) 5

2 +

8 7

18

b =

ab(a 0, b 0)

b
=

a
b
(a 0, b 0)
(1)

10
(2) 3

2a 2

6a
(3)

72

3
(4) 2

6a 4

3a
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Some mistakes
(1)

(3)
2
= 3
(2) 2

3 =

(2)
2
3 =

12
(3)

2 +

3 =

5
(4)

19

3 =

16 = 4
(5)

13
2
12
2
=

13
2

12
2
= 13 12 = 1
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