Understanding the Laws of Exponents

What should you be confident with before learning the laws of exponents?

• Trigonometry

• Basic concepts of exponents

• Algebraic expressions

• Calculus

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What does any number raised to the zeroth power equal?

• The number itself

• 1

• 0

• Infinity

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How is a negative exponent interpreted in terms of division?

• Multiplication by the negative of the base

• Subtraction from the base

• Division by the base raised to the positive exponent

• Addition to the base

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What does x squared raised to the third power simplify to?

• x to the third power

• x to the sixth power

• x to the ninth power

• x to the fifth power

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When multiplying expressions with the same base, what should you do with the exponents?

• Multiply them

• Divide them

• Subtract them

• Add them together

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What is the result of dividing 5 to the third power by 5 to the second power?

• 5

• 5 to the fifth power

• 25

• 5 to the first power

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How can you simplify x to the fourth power over x to the sixth power?

• x to the second power

• x to the tenth power

• x to the negative second power

• 1 over x squared

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What does the law involving the distribution of exponents over multiplication allow you to do?

• Multiply the bases together

• Cancel out the exponents

• Distribute the exponent to each factor in the group

• Combine different bases into one exponent

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If you have x squared times y squared, how can you rewrite it using the distributive law of exponents?

• x to the fourth power times y squared

• (x times y) squared

• x squared plus y squared

• x times y to the fourth power

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What is the simplified form of the expression x over y, all raised to the second power?

• x squared over y

• x over y squared

• x squared over y squared

• x times y squared

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