8.3 Lesson Negative Exponents Rules

Negative Exponent Rules

Learning the power of a negative exponents

Multiple Choice

What do you do with negative exponents to make them positive?

• Flip it's base over a fraction

• Make the base negative

• Divide

• Subtract

Hotspot

Click on the base.

Negative exponents

Flip their base over a fraction!

This applies to the other rules we have for exponents.

We can do it at the end, let's try it out with our other rules!

Product rule

Add the exponents

Quotient rule!

Subtract the exponents

Power rule

Multiply them!

Mixed rules!

Simplify, Multiply, Flip!