Please turn to PAGE 34 When you multiply exponents with the same base, ADD the exponents. The base stays the same.

Please get out your notebooks to the page we set up yesterday

EXPANDING EXPONENTS WITH MULTIPLICATION Math 8 Lesson 2.1…… Continued

Exponent rules for multiplication When multiplying exponential terms with the same base….. ADD THE EXPONENTS – the BASE stays the SAME Expand the terms:

Make sure you SHOW this step on your quiz! When multiplying exponential terms with the same base….. ADD THE EXPONENTS – the BASE stays the SAME

If the answer is a very high number, you normally don’t have to simplify the exponent

When multiplying exponential terms with the same base….. ADD THE EXPONENTS – the BASE stays the SAME

Negative Exponents

Multiplication with MORE than TWO terms:

Simplify inside the parentheses first Remember: negative times negative is POSITIVE

POWER RAISED TO A POWER When raising a power to another power….. MULTIPLY THE EXPONENTS REMOVE PARENTHESES

POWER RAISED TO A POWER When raising a power to another power….. MULTIPLY THE EXPONENTS REMOVE PARENTHESES

Your Turn: PLEASE GET OUT A WHITE BOARD MARKER. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A WHITE BOARD MARKER, YOU WILL PARTICIPATE WITH PAPER AND PENCIL

No middle step here

QUIZ TIME!

First & Last Name Per. ______ QUIZ # 8-26