Surds and Exact Values: Keeping Roots Exact (Parent Q&A)
This guide explains the lesson’s main ideas about square roots, surds and exact values. Open Full Article...
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Surds and Exact Values: Keeping Roots Exact (Teach This Topic)
This guide supports a home-educating parent teaching surds and exact values from the associated lesson. Open Full Article...
Surds and Exact Values: Keeping Roots Exact
If √2 is about 1.414, why would a mathematician sometimes prefer to leave the answer as √2? Open Full Article...
Indices, Roots and Fractional Powers Explained (Parent Q&A)
This guide explains the lesson’s connected ideas about indices, roots, reciprocals and fractional powers. Open Full Article...
Indices, Roots and Fractional Powers Explained (Teach This Topic)
This guide supports a home-educating parent teaching indices, roots and fractional powers to a learner aged 11 to 16. Open Full Article...
Indices, Roots and Fractional Powers Explained
Why does 2³ mean 2 × 2 × 2, while 2^(1/2) extends the same power notation through a connection with roots? Open Full Article...
Converting Recurring Decimals into Fractions (Parent Q&A)
This guide supports parents explaining how recurring decimals can be converted into exact fractions. Open Full Article...
Converting Recurring Decimals into Fractions (Teach This Topic)
This guide supports a home lesson on converting exact recurring decimals into fractions. Open Full Article...
Converting Recurring Decimals into Fractions
If 0.333333... never ends, how can it be exactly equal to the simple fraction 1/3? Open Full Article...