Negative Exponents

Front

What is a negative exponent?

Back

A negative exponent indicates that the base should be taken as the reciprocal and raised to the opposite positive exponent.

Front

Rewrite w^-13 using a positive exponent.

Back

¹/_w¹³

Front

What is 10⁰ equivalent to?

Back

1

Front

Simplify y⁰.

Back

1

Front

Simplify (-4x)⁰.

Back

1

Front

What does any non-zero number raised to the power of 0 equal?

Back

1

Front

How do you convert a negative exponent to a positive exponent?

Back

Take the reciprocal of the base and change the sign of the exponent.

Front

What is the value of x^-n?

Back

¹/_xⁿ if x ≠ 0.

Front

If a^-m = 1/a^m, what does this imply about negative exponents?

Back

Negative exponents represent the reciprocal of the base raised to the positive exponent.

Front

Simplify the expression 5^-2.

Back

¹/₂₅