1. EXPONENTIAL EXPRESSIONS
RULES FOR SIMPLIFING
EXPONENTIAL EXPRESSIONS

2. WHEN MULTIPLYING LIKE BASES, YOU ADD THE EXPONENTS
FOR EXAMPLE:
NOW YOU TRY:

3. WHEN RAISING A POWER TO A POWER, YOU MULTIPLY THE EXPONENTS
FOR EXAMPLE:
NOW YOU TRY:

4. ANY INTEGER RAISED TO NEGATIVE ONE IS THE RECIPROCAL OF THAT INTEGER.
FOR EXAMPLE:
NOW YOU TRY:

5. Any fraction raised to negative one is the reciprocal of that fraction.
FOR EXAMPLE:
NOW YOU TRY:

6. WHEN DIVIDING LIKE BASES, YOU SUBTRACT THE EXPONENTS.
FOR EXAMPLE:
NOW YOU TRY:

7. ANY NUMBER RAISED TO THE FIRST POWER IS ITSELF.
FOR EXAMPLE:
NOW YOU TRY:

8. ANY NUMBER RAISED TO THE ZERO POWER IS ONE.
FOR EXAMPLE:
NOW YOU TRY:

9. HOW DO WE GET ANY NUMBER RAISED TO THE ZERO POWER EQUAL TO ONE?
can be written as
Working backward-you subtract the exponents when you are dividing like bases.
Then any number divided by itself will give you ONE!!!

10. TRY THESE ON YOUR OWN:

11. TRY THESE ON YOUR OWN:

12. TRY THIS LAST ONE ON YOUR OWN: