How to Expand Brackets with Surds

Expanding brackets with surds is an algebraic skill that might seem tricky at first but becomes straightforward with practice. It is often used in simplifying expressions and solving equations involving irrational numbers.

Before diving into this lesson, you'll need to make sure you know the following:

If you know all of this, then you're ready to continue!

Expanding Single Brackets with Surds

See our lesson on expanding single brackets if you need a reminder on this, including the different methods.

Expand Single Brackets with Surds

Expanding Double Brackets with Surds

See our lesson on expanding double brackets if you need a reminder on this, including the different methods.

Multiply Double Brackets with Surds
Expand Double Brackets with Surds

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