Exponent Rules and Practice
The Product of Powers property says you should Add the exponents The Quotient of Powers property says you should Subtract the exponents The Power of Powers property says you should Multiply the exponents (11^3)^8 is an example of Power of Powers (11^3)(11^8) is an example of Product of Powers (11^3) is an example of Quotient of Powers Simplify:88 *84 812 832 84 82 Simplify:(e8)4 = e2 e4 e12 e32 Evaluate:(-4)3 -12 -64 64 12 How would you simplify this expression? ADD the exponents SUBTRACT the exponents. MULTIPLY the exponents. Make it equal to 1. How would you expand this problem? x4/ x2 xxxx x x2 xx Simplify: x2 7 7 1 Simplify: n n 4n nnn Match each expression to it's expanded form. 3x^4 * 3x^2 3xxxx*3xx (x^2)^4 xx*xx*xx*xx 3x^4 3xxxx