Review: Dividing with Exponents & Negative Exponents

Review: Dividing with Exponents & Negative Exponents

Negative Exponents

• You cannot leave an exponent negative

• Always move the term with the negative exponent to the other side of the fraction bar

Multiple Choice

Rewrite using a positive exponent.

7^-10

• ¹/₇¹⁰

• 7¹⁰

• ¹/₇^-10

• -70

Multiple Choice

Simplify.

s^-5 ⋅ s^-2

• s^-3

• ¹/_s⁷

• s^-7

• ¹/_s³

Dividing with exponents

• When dividing terms with exponents, subtract exponents with the same base

• Simplify if you have any negative exponents

Multiple Choice

• 1¹⁰
• 1²⁶
• z¹⁰
• z²⁶

Multiple Choice

• 8x⁴

• 8x⁸

• 6x⁴

• 6x⁸

Multiple Choice

Evaluate the expression.

• c⁷

• 1/c⁷

• 1/c¹⁷

• c⁶⁰

Multiple Choice

• 2a²b⁶

• 1 / 2a²b⁶

• b⁶ / 2a²

• 2b⁶ / a²