Name: _______________________________________________ Pd.
: _______ Date: _______________________
Exponents and Root Values Notes
Exponent Rules! ____________________________________
The exponent indicates the number of times the Example 3.
___________ is used as a __________ ____________________________________
Draw the 2 below and label Example 4:
NOTE: ________________ the coefficients and ______
the exponents on the like bases. Leave the bases the
same.
_____________________________________________
Example 5
_______________________________________
Example 6
= ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ = 32 _______________________________________
Zero Exponents Example 7
Any number raised to the zero power equals ______ _______________________________________
Ex) ___________ Ex) __________ Ex) _________ Power of a Power
Another important note: All numbers or variables To Find the Power of a Power, _______________ the
have an exponent of _______. So, x is the same as EXPONENTS.
______ and 3 is the same as _____ and so on. For Instance:
Placement of the Negative ___________________________________________
Placement of the _______________ is important! Be sure to multiply the exponent outside the
For example, when simplifying an expression you parentheses by all of the exponents inside the
have to follow the order of operations parentheses!
_______ means square 2 and then mult. by -1. Example 1.
o __________ = ________ _______________________________________
But ________ means multiply -2 by-2 Example 2.
o __________ = ________ _______________________________________
Your Turn: _________________ Example 3.
_________________ _________________ _______________________________________
_________________ _________________ Example 4.
_________________ _________________ _______________________________________
Product Rule for Exponents Example 5.
When multiplying numbers or variables with like _______________________________________
bases _____________ the exponents. Quotient Rule for Exponents
_________ * ________ = ____________ We can divide two quantities with exponents if they
Example 1. have the _________ base. To divide two quantities
with the same base, _____________ the
Example 2.
_____________ and keep the base the _________
Ex. __________ = Hint: the negative exponent only applies to the
number or variable it is directly beside
Example 1 ___________________________ Example 4. _____________________________
____________________________________ ______________________________________
Example 2. ___________________________ What is a Square Root?
____________________________________ _______________ This symbol is called a
Example 3. ___________________________ “_________ __________” it is also referred to as a
____________________________________ “__________ ___________ __________” or a
Example 4. “_____________ ____________” and is used to
• NOTE: ____________ the fraction part represent the square root of a number.
and _____________ the exponents. The expression beneath the radical symbol is known
_____________________________________ as the “___________________”
_____________________________________ Irrational Square Roots
_____________________________________ Square roots are easily simplified when taking the
Example 5. ____________________________ square root of a “___________ ____________”
_____________________________________ Perfect Squares: _____________________________
_____________________________________ __________________________________________
Negative Powers __________________________________________
Let’s define a number with a ___________ exponent Simplifying Radical Expressions
to be the _____________ of that power with a 1. ________________________________________
positive exponent. _________________________________________
So, to simplify an expression with a negative _________________________________________
exponent, take the reciprocal, and make the 2. _________________________________________
exponent positive. __________________________________________
For Instance: ___________________________ 3. _________________________________________
_______________________________________ __________________________________________
In other words, move the factor with the _________ A square root expression is considered the
exponent to the other side of the fraction bar and ________________ form when there are _______
make the _______________ positive. perfect square factors of the value ____________
So, if a factor with a _______________ exponent is the radical symbol.
in the ________________, move it to the Ex. _______________________________________
____________________ and make the exponent _________________________________________
positive, and vice versa. _________________________________________
Example 1 ___________________________ _______________________________________
____________________________________ _______________________________________
Example 2 _____________________________ _______________________________________
______________________________________ _______________________________________
Example 3. _____________________________ _______________________________________
______________________________________ _______________________________________
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Classwork and Homework Activities
