Zero & Negative Exponents

What does anything to the zero power equal??

• 0
• 1
• itself
• the variable

 $\left(xy\right)^0$  

• xy

• 0

• 1

•  $\frac{1}{xy}$  

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.A.1

How do you make a negative exponent positive?

• Multiply it by -1

• Move it to the other side of the fraction bar

• It can't be done

• Add the exponents together

Simplify x^-7

• -7
• -7x
• 1/x⁷
• -1/x⁷

Tags

CCSS.HSN.RN.A.2

Simplify (-9)⁰

• -9
• -1
• 1
• 9

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.A.1

Rewrite using a positive exponent.
w^-13

• -w¹³
• ¹/_w¹³
• ¹/_w^-13
• w¹³

Simplify $\frac{a^{-2}}{b^{-7}}$  

•  $\frac{a^2}{b^7}$  

•  $ab^5$  

•  $\frac{b^7}{a^2}$  

•  $\frac{1}{a^2b^7}$  

Tags

CCSS.HSN.RN.A.1

CCSS.HSN.RN.A.2

 $c^{-6}d^0e^3$  

•  $1$  

•  $\frac{de^3}{c^6}$  

•  $\frac{e^3}{c^6}$  

•  $c^6e^3$  

Tags

CCSS.HSN.RN.A.1

CCSS.HSN.RN.A.2

 $\left(\frac{x^{-3}y}{z^{-2}}\right)^0$  

Simplify

•  $1$  

•  $\frac{yz^2}{x^3}$  

•  $0$  

•  $x^3yz^2$  

Simplify y⁰

• y
• 0
• 1
• 1y