Negative and Zero Exponents Students will be able to use properties of negative and zero exponents to evaluate and simplify expressions.

FHSPre-Algebra Review2 Exponent Properties – Zero Exponent The general rule for a zero exponent is Why is this the case? We know that and so we can show: Or, in other words: Would this work for other numbers?

FHSPre-Algebra Review3 Negative Exponent The general rule for a negative exponent is: Why is this so? Let’s look at an example: This is also true

FHSPre-Algebra Review4 Exponent Properties - Multiplication So, in general we can say: Let’s do a few examples: