Indices, surds and bounds
Free ESAT Maths 1 lesson. Worked examples, common mistakes and a self-check.
What the lesson covers
- Powers from meaning: the first three laws
- Zero, negative and fractional indices
- Solving and simplifying with indices
- Surds: roots that never end
- Expanding brackets with surds
- Rationalising the denominator
- Rounding and error intervals
- Calculating with bounds
- Self-check questions with answers (8)
Specification: M2.7, M2.11-2.13. Codes follow the UAT-UK ESAT content specification.
How to use it
- Read a section, then cover the worked example and try it yourself.
- Check the common mistakes list: these are the slips the real test is built to catch.
- Do the self-check without looking back. Mark it against the answers.
- Then practise the topic under time, with the matching practice set.
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