This document provides a comprehensive guide on adding and subtracting surds, offering clear explanations, examples, and practice questions. It covers simplification techniques, step-by-step problem-solving methods, and various scenarios involving surds with different roots and whole numbers.
• The guide begins with a detailed explanation of how to add and subtract surds by simplifying them to have the same number under the square root.
• It provides multiple examples to illustrate the process, including cases with whole numbers and different roots.
• Practice questions are included to reinforce learning, along with detailed solutions for each problem.
• The document emphasizes the importance of simplifying surds before performing addition or subtraction operations.
