Radical and rational equations – level 3-4

Level 3

1. y − √7𝑦 − 31 = 3
What is the sum of all the solutions to the above equation?
A. -13
B. -3
C. 3
D. 13

2. √𝑙(𝑙 − 5) = 6
What is the sum of all solutions to the above equation?

3. 5 − 2√𝑥 = 7 − 5√𝑥
Which value of x is the solution to the above equation?
2
A. 3

4
B. 9

9
C. 4

4
D. 25

4. √3𝑝 + 13 = 𝑝 + 3
What is the sum of the solutions to the above equation?
𝑥 𝑥 4
5. + (𝑥−2)(𝑥−3) = 𝑥−3
𝑥−2

What are the solutions to the above equation?

A. 2 only
B. 4 only
C. 2 and 3
D. 2 and 4
3𝑘 4𝑘
6. − 𝑘−2 = −5
𝑘+4

What are the values of k that are solutions to the above equation?
A. -2 only
B. 5 only
C. -2 and 4
D. -2 and 5
7. 7x = 13√𝑥
What is the greatest value of x that is a solution to the above equation?
A. 0
49
B. 169
 169
C. 49

13
D. 7

8. √4𝑥 + 20 = 𝑥 + 2
What is the sum of the solutions to the above equation?

9. √𝑦(𝑦 − 15) − 4 = 0
What is the sum of all solutions to the above equation?

10. 3 = √2𝑥 2 − 5𝑥 + 39 − 𝑥
What is the product of all solutions to the above equation?

11. √2𝑥 + 20 = 2 − x
What is the sum of the solutions to the above equation?
−2𝑥−5 6𝑥−16 −1
12. + 6−10𝑥 =
5𝑥−3 2

How many solutions does the equation above have?

A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. more than 2

13. √𝑥 2 − 4𝑥 + 4 = 0
What is the product of all solutions to the above equation?

14. √3𝑚2 + 24 = 2m + 2
What is the sum of all the solutions to the above equation?
A. -10
B. -8
C. 2
D. 8

15. √8𝑡 + 13 = 10 + 4√2𝑡

What value of t is the solution to the above equation?
9
A. 16

9
B. 8

9
C. 4

3
D. 2
16. √3𝑧 + 6 − z = 2
What is the largest solution to the above equation?
11𝑑+2 −3
17. =
𝑑−8 2

What is the solution to the equation above?

7𝑥−2 4𝑥−5 3𝑥−1
18. 4𝑥+6 = 6𝑥+9 + 2𝑥+3
What is the solution to the above equation?

19. √𝑦 + 𝑘 = y + 1
For what value of the constant k does the above equation have y=1 as the only
solution?

20. 7√𝑚 − 6√2 = 2√𝑚 + 4√2

Solve for m in the above equation.

Level 4
−𝑦 6 1
21. 𝑦−3 − 𝑦+2 = 2

What is the sum of all the solutions to the above equation?

22. √5𝑥 2 − 44 = 3𝑥 − 8
What is the sum of all the solutions to the above equation?

23. √6𝑟 = √𝑟 2 − 16
What is the product of all solutions to the above equation?

24. w=√108𝑤
What is the sum of all solutions to the above equation?

25. √3𝑥 + 7 = x + 1
What is the sum of the solutions to the above equation?

26. √6𝑥 2 − 50 = 4𝑥 − 10
What is the sum of all the solutions to the above equation?
3𝑤 8
27. 𝑤+4 − 𝑤 = 1
What is the sum of all the solutions to the above equation?
2𝑥 4
28. − = −3
𝑥+3 𝑥−2

What is the sum for all the values of xx that satisfy the equation above?
A. -2
B. 1
C. 3
D. 5

29. √2𝑥 2 + 7 + 5 = 0
How many real solutions does the above equation have?
A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. more than 2
5 2𝑘−2
30. 𝑘−2 − = −1
𝑘−1

What is the sum of all the possible values for k that satisfy the equation above?
4𝑛 3𝑛 3𝑛−3
31. 𝑛+3 − 𝑛+4 = (𝑛+3)(𝑛+4)

What is the sum of all the possible values for n that satisfy the equation above?

32. 2h − 5 = √ℎ2 + ℎ − 5
What is the sum of the solutions to the above equation?
𝑎 𝑎 3𝑎+2
33. 𝑎+2 + 𝑎+1 = (𝑎+2)(𝑎+1)

What is the sum of all the possible values for aa that satisfy the equation above?
5 2𝑧+4
34. 𝑧 − = −3
𝑧+2

What is the sum of all the possible values for z that satisfy the equation above?

35. −m + 1 = √𝑚 + 1
What is the sum of all solutions to the above equation?
4𝑝 7𝑝+3 3𝑝
36. 𝑝+1 = (𝑝+3)(𝑝+1) + 𝑝+3

What is the sum of all the possible values for pp that satisfy the equation above?
3ℎ 6
37. ℎ−2 + ℎ+2 = −1
What is the sum of all the solutions to the above equation?
𝑥 4 4
38. 𝑥−1 + 𝑥−2 = (𝑥−1)(𝑥−2)

What is the sum of all the possible values for x that satisfy the equation above?
A. -4
B. -2
C. 1
D. 2

39. √5𝑘 + 3 = √𝑘 + 𝑥
For what value of the constant k does the above equation have x=2 as the only
solution?
 15
40. 4𝑥−3 = 7
What is the solution to the equation above?

41. √−2𝑝 − 1 = p + 2
What is the sum of all solutions to the above equation?
A. -6
B. -5
C. -1
D. 1