Law of Exponents Review

Identify what happens to the exponent for each rule.

Groups:

(a) Power Rule

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(b) Product Rule

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(c) Quotient Rule

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(d) Power of Product/Quotient Rule

• ADD the exponents

• KEEP the exponent

• DISTRIBUTE the exponents

• MULTIPLY the exponents

• SUBTRACT the exponents

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Match the expression to the rule that works best for it.

• Product Rule

• Negative Exponent Rule

• Quotient Rule

• Power of a Quotient Rule

• Power of a Product Rule

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Mathematical Equivalence

ON

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Mathematical Equivalence

OFF

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Reorder the expression from greatest to least greatest.

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What rule do you use to simplify the different parts of the expression.

f

e

Power of a Quotient Rule

Power of a Product

Zero Exponent

Product Rule

Quotient Rule

Power Rule

Negative Exponent

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What is the order that the rules are used in the problem pictured?

• Product Rule

• Power of a Quotient Rule

• Negative Exponent Rule

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Rewrite using positive exponents

• 2⁴

• 1/2⁴

• 4²

• 1/4²

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• p⁵ / q²

• p⁶ / q⁴

• p⁶q⁸

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• x⁵ / y²

• x³ / y⁶

• x³y⁵

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