ACMNA264

Define rational and irrational numbers and perform operations with surds and fractional indices

Elaborations

• understanding that the real number system includes irrational numbers (Skills: Numeracy, Critical and Creative Thinking)
• extending the index laws to rational number indices (Skills: Numeracy, Critical and Creative Thinking)
• performing the four operations with surds (Skills: Numeracy)

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