Laws of Exponent

Power to a Power Law states: keep the base the same and do this to the exponents.

• multiply
• add
• subtract
• divide

Division Law states: keep the base the same and _____ the exponents.

• multiply

• add

• subtract

• divide

Simplify:

 $\frac{x^5}{x^3}$  

•  $x^7$  

•  $x^2$  
  

•  $x^{15}$ 

•  $x^{2.5}$  

Simplify:
(x³)(x²)

• x⁵
• x⁶
• x
• x^1.5

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.A.1

Simplify

 $\frac{2a^7}{2a^4}$  

•  $a^3$ 

•  $\frac{1}{a^3}$ 

•  $2a^3$ 

•  $\frac{a^7}{3}$ 

Simplify:
(3t²)³

• 9t⁶
• 9t⁵
• 27t⁶
• 27t⁵

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.A.1

Simplify (-5.7)⁰

• 1
• 0
• -1
• -5.7

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.A.1

(6x²)(-3x⁵)

• 18x⁷
• -18x⁷
• 18x¹⁰
• 3x⁷

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.A.1

According to exponent rules, when we multiply the same base we _______ the exponents.

• Multiply
• Add
• Divide
• Subtract

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.A.1

Anything raised to a power of zero is always _____ except zero raised to zero.

• 0

• 1

• itself

• negative