Division of Numbers in Exponential Form

Law of Exponents Part 2

Division Rule

Law of Exponents: Dividing same base powers

Watch the video on multiplying exponents.


Be sure to use headphones or earbuds.

Multiple Choice

What do you do with the exponents when dividing powers with the same base?

• add

• divide

• subtract

But what happens if you have coefficients?

Remember what coefficients are?

Dividing Exponents with Coefficients

Watch the video on multiplying exponents with coefficients.

Be sure to use headphones or earbuds.

Multiple Choice

 $Divide:\ \ \frac{28h^8}{7h^3}$ 

•  $21h^{11}$  

•  $4h^{11}$  

•  $4h^5$  

Multiple Choice

 $Divide:\ \ \ \frac{39w^2}{13w}$  

•  $3w$  

•  $26w^3$  

•  $52w$  

What happens when you have different bases and you are dividing?

Look to the right at the picture.  Gather all the like bases and do as you did before.

Multiple Choice

 $Divide:\ \ \ \frac{45x^6y^3}{5x^4y}$  

•  $40x^2y^2$  

•  $9x^2y^2$  

•  $50x^{10}y^4$  

Multiple Choice

 $Divide:\ \ \ \frac{56pq^5}{7pq^2}$  

•  $63p^2q^7$  

•  $49pq^3$  

•  $8q^3$  

Assignment

Now go to your assignment in google classroom.  Try numbers 21-26 on Module 1 Lesson 2 Classwork.