Integer Exponents
Warm Up Find Each Product or Quotient x x ÷ ÷ x x ÷ ÷ 10 6
What pattern do you see in the powers of 5? What pattern do you see in the powers of 4? What patterns do you see in the powers of 3? Complete the table. Write a general rule for the value of a 0. Write a general rule for the value of a -n.
Use the general rules we discovered.
Simplify each expression.