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Curriculum content descriptions

Define rational and irrational numbers and perform operations with surds and fractional indices (ACMNA264)

Elaborations
  • understanding that the real number system includes irrational numbers
  • extending the index laws to rational number indices
  • performing the four operations with surds
General capabilities
  • Numeracy Numeracy
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
ScOT terms

Irrational numbers,  Fractional indices,  Rational numbers

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