1. Edexcel GCSE Maths Spec B – Modular: Booster C © Pearson Education 2010. This document may have been altered from the original. To learn how to deal with indices in calculations. Objectives

2. Edexcel GCSE Maths Spec B – Modular: Booster C © Pearson Education 2010. This document may have been altered from the original. What happens when we multiply or divide numbers with indices? Multiply Add the powers Divide Subtract the powers

3. Edexcel GCSE Maths Spec B – Modular: Booster C © Pearson Education 2010. This document may have been altered from the original. Example of multiplication...then work the answer out on your calculator.

4. Edexcel GCSE Maths Spec B – Modular: Booster C © Pearson Education 2010. This document may have been altered from the original. Example of division

5. Edexcel GCSE Maths Spec B – Modular: Booster C © Pearson Education 2010. This document may have been altered from the original. A more complicated example. Follow the simplification over the next three slides. Rearrange to place the numbers first.

6. Edexcel GCSE Maths Spec B – Modular: Booster C © Pearson Education 2010. This document may have been altered from the original. Multiply the digits together and rearrange to group terms with all those of the same type.

7. Edexcel GCSE Maths Spec B – Modular: Booster C © Pearson Education 2010. This document may have been altered from the original. Add the powers because you are multiplying two powers of x.