Exponential Rules, Growth, Decay, and Examples

Is the graph linear, exponential or neither?

• Linear
• Exponential
• Neither

Is the pictured graph increasing, decreasing, or neither?

• Increasing

• Decreasing

• Neither

True or False: This is an exponential function.

• True

• False

True or False: This is an exponential function.

• True

• False

In order to multiply powers with the same base, we add their exponents. 

• True 
• False

According to exponent rules, when we raise a power to another exponent we _______ the exponents.

• add
• subtract
• multiply
• divide

(2⁸)²

• 2¹⁶
• 2¹⁰
• 2⁶
• 2⁴

-4x⁰

• -4x
• -4
• 1
• -1

Anything raised to a power of zero is always: 

• 0
• 1
• itself
• negative

Simplify 4^-2= 

• 1/16
• -16
• 1/4
• -42