Simplifying Radicals and Rules of Exponents

Simplify.  Your answer should only contain positive exponents.

• A
• B
• C
• D

Anything raised to a power of zero is always: 

• 0
• 1
• itself
• negative

Simplify 3^-3

• -27
• -9
• -1/9
• 1/27

(c⁵)(c³)(c³)

• c⁴⁵
• 3c¹¹
• c¹¹
• 3c⁴⁵

Multiply: x² ⋅ x⁴

• x⁶
• x⁸
• x²
• 2x⁶

Rewrite using a positive exponent.
w^-13

• -w¹³
• ¹/_w¹³
• ¹/_w^-13
• w¹³

simplify: x²•x¹⁰

• x²⁰
• x⁸
• x¹²
• 20x

Which number is the BASE?
2³ = 8

• 2
• 3
• 8
• 238

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

• add
• subtract
• multiply
• divide

According to exponent rules, when we multiply the expressions we _______ the exponents.

• add
• subtract
• multiply
• divide