Standard 2.0

Definition: Students understand and use such operations as taking the opposite, finding the reciprocal, taking a root, and raising to a fractional power. They understand and use the rules of exponents.

Student Friendly: I understand and use operations, by taking the opposite, finding the reciprocal, taking the root, and increasing a power of a fraction. I also understand the rules of exponents.

Sample problem for rationalizing denominators:

1.)                                         1.) Given

2.)   2.) Multiply by 1 or

3.)                                       3.) Write the equation as a power

4.)                                        4.) Use the definition of square root

5.)                                        5.)  Distribute the 6.

IMPORTANT: Do not cancel out the x's, the 6x-6 is part of an equation.

How to Rationalize the Denominator of a Fraction