What you need to know
Check yourself against these “I can” statements.
- I can rationalise denominators, including ones like 2/(3 + √5)
Practise this topic
2 resourcesOperations with Surds
Simplifying, adding, multiplying and squaring surds, expanding brackets, rationalising denominators (a√b and a + b√c), dividing surds, adding and dividing surd fractions, and writing expressions in the form k√n. Fourteen…
⬢ BlockbustersOperations with Surds Blockbusters
Blockbusters with the questions from the Operations with Surds worksheet: choose its levels for the ordinary hexagons and for the harder ★ ones. Show the answer and the worked solution, or play against the computer with multiple…
These are the pages for Rationalising the denominator in the GCSE + AQA Level 2 Further Maths scheme of work, following Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9–1) Higher (1MA1), plus AQA Level 2 Further Mathematics (8365). Open this topic in Mr Wells Maths to see it alongside the rest of the course.