Unit 16: Lesson 1 Learning Objectives

• Find principal square roots and their opposites.
• Approximate square roots and find exact roots with a calculator.

• Simplify square roots.
• Find cube roots.
• Simplify expressions with odd and even roots.

• Convert radicals to expressions with rational exponents.
• Convert expressions with rational exponents to their radical equivalent.
• Use the laws of exponents to simplify expressions with rational exponents.
• Use rational exponents to simplify radical expressions.