High School · The Real Number System

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSN.RN.A.2

Rewrite expressions involving radicals and rational exponents using the properties of exponents.

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Lessons that teach this standard

• Rational Exponents and Radicals

  Why a power of one half has to mean a square root, how to read the top and bottom of a fractional exponent, and how to switch between radical and exponent form.

• Simplifying Radical Expressions

  Simplify square roots and cube roots, multiply and divide radicals, add like radicals, and rationalize denominators, including with conjugates.