Understanding Negative Powers: Patterns and Reciprocals

The video tutorial explains how to apply negative powers to numbers by demonstrating a pattern with powers of five. It covers the concept of decreasing powers, the rule that any number to the power of zero equals one, and how to handle negative powers by finding reciprocals and making the power positive. The tutorial includes examples to illustrate these concepts and emphasizes the importance of practice.

What is the result of 5 raised to the power of 2?

• 10

• 15

• 30

• 25

What is the value of any number raised to the power of 0?

• Undefined

• 0

• The number itself

• 1

How do you calculate 5 to the power of -1?

• 5

• 1/5

• 0

• 5/1

What is the reciprocal of 7?

• 7

• 7/1

• 1/7

• 0

How do you express 2 to the power of -3 as a fraction?

• 8

• 2/3

• 1/8

• 1/2

What is the result of flipping the fraction 4/5?

• 4/5

• 1/5

• 5/4

• 1/4

What is the result of 5 squared?

• 10

• 15

• 20

• 25