GCSE Maths - What on Earth are Surds??? And How do You Simplify Them? (Part 1/3) #40

This video looks at what surds are and how you can simplify them.

This is the first of our 3 part series on surds.

This video is suitable for maths courses around the world.
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[YahyaKhan-uvct]

Great video, really helped me grasp the concept of Surds, terrific effort guys and thanks so much

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[michaelclark]

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[ronaldoggha]

Thanks, i just forgot how to simplify surds. And your video helped me

[farifarii]

hii! this helped me so much, however, there was a question that came up and root 19 somehow was simplified to 4.5? using surds? I’m very confused