Chapter 2 - Properties of Real Numbers

Many students get the impression that this class is going to be easy because Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 seem very easy. Many will have a passing grade after the 1st term. Understand that as soon as the first two chapters are completed the Algebra gets very difficult for anyone who chooses to neglect the home work, to be inattentive in class, or attend the class every day.

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• Define rational and irrational numbers.
• Classify numbers, pi, and nonperfect square numbers as rational or irrational.
• Find approximate locations of rational and irrational numbers on a number line
• Simplify rational and irrational expressions using operations and properties
• Simplify, add, subtract, multiply, and divide expressions with square roots
• Simplify and evaluate polynomial expressions by distributing, combining like terms, etc.

Text Assignments

Study Guide 2.4 (PDF)
Practice 2.4 (PDF)
Review 2.4A (Office 2003)
Enrichment 2.4 (PDF)

2.5 Simplifying Radical Expressions

Required Skills

Downloading MS Word Worksheets

The Microsoft Word Worksheets are downloadable and printable. Please save them to your computer's hard drive, then print them. Some documents may be created with Office 2007 or Office 2003. Word 2003 documents have the "doc" extension. Word Documents 2007 have the "docx" extension. If you do not have Office 2007 you will need to download the Microsoft 2007 Compatablility Pack. See the link to the left.

Last Update: September 15, 2009