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Adding, Subtracting and Multiplying Complex Numbers Worksheet with Answer Key

8 problems on adding, subtracting and multiplying complex numbers: standard form, products with square roots of negatives, squares and powers, students' mistakes, solving for z, evaluating a quadratic at a complex input, and parameter problems. 2 pages, with a worked answer key and a one-page lesson handout. Free to download, no sign-in.

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What's on the worksheet

  1. Add or subtract, giving each answer in standard form.
  2. Multiply, giving each answer in standard form.
    4i(-2 + 3i)(6i)(-4i)(5 + i)(2 + 3i)(-3 + 2i)(4 - 5i)\sqrt{-4}\,\left(3 - \sqrt{-9}\right)
  3. Write each square or power in standard form.
    (4 + i)^2(2i - 3)^2\left(\sqrt{3} + i\right)^2(1 - i)^4
  4. Each student made one mistake: say what it is and give the correct answer.
  5. Find the complex number z that solves the equation and check it.
  6. Evaluate a quadratic function at a complex number.
  7. Compute products and squares of two given complex numbers, and explain why two results match.
  8. Find the real numbers k that make a squared complex number pure imaginary, and more.

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