Simplifying Expressions with Rational Exponents

Simplifying Expressions with Rational Exponents

Assessment

Interactive Video

Mathematics

6th - 10th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

CCSS
8.EE.A.1, 7.NS.A.2D, 6.EE.A.2C

+3

Standards-aligned

Created by

Ethan Morris

FREE Resource

Standards-aligned

CCSS.8.EE.A.1
,
CCSS.7.NS.A.2D
,
CCSS.6.EE.A.2C
CCSS.5.NF.A.1
,
CCSS.8.NS.A.1
,
CCSS.5.NF.A.2
,
This video tutorial explains how to simplify expressions with both rational and integer exponents. It covers the order of operations, handling negative exponents by converting them to positive, and combining like terms. The tutorial concludes with a final simplification of the expression, ensuring no negative exponents remain.

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are rational exponents?

Decimals

Negative numbers

Whole numbers

Fractions

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.2D

CCSS.8.NS.A.1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the first step in the order of operations for simplifying expressions?

Handling exponents

Combining like terms

Simplifying fractions

Dealing with parentheses

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.A.2C

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the power rule for exponents state?

Divide the exponents

Multiply the exponents

Subtract the exponents

Add the exponents

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.A.1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How do you handle negative exponents in a simplified expression?

Subtract them from the positive exponents

Add them to the positive exponents

Convert them to positive exponents by taking the reciprocal

Ignore them

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.A.1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What happens to a term with a negative exponent in the numerator when simplified?

It stays in the numerator

It is moved to the denominator

It is removed from the expression

It becomes zero

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.A.1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When combining like terms with the same base, what operation is performed on the exponents?

Addition

Subtraction

Multiplication

Division

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.A.1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the common denominator used for when adding fractions with different denominators?

To simplify the fractions

To make the denominators the same

To multiply the fractions

To divide the fractions

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

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