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5 resourcesAdvanced Surds
Surds in problems: missing sides from an area, Pythagoras, similar shapes and volumes, linear and simultaneous equations with surd coefficients, substituting, finding unknown integers, surds with letters, indices, quadratic…
⚙️ WorksheetOperations 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…
⬢ BlockbustersAdvanced Surds Blockbusters
Blockbusters with the questions from the Advanced 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 choice.
⬢ 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…
🧩 ConnectionsSurds
Match surds with the same value, from √50 and 5√2 to √2 × √25 and 10/√2. Near-misses like 5√2, 2√5 and √10 from Standard; rationalising on Hard.
These are the pages for Surds in the GCSE scheme of work, following Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9–1) Mathematics, Higher tier (1MA1). Open this topic in Mr Wells Maths to see it alongside the rest of the course.