Negative Exponents

Rewrite as a positive exponent: 4^-2

• 16

• -16

Rewrite as a positive exponent: 6^-2

• -36

• -12

Rewrite each expression with a negative exponent.
¹/_12⁴

• ¹/_12^-4

• 12⁴

• ¹/_20,736

• 12^-4

Simplify.
s^-5 ⋅ s^-2

• s^-3

• ¹/_s⁷

• s^-7

• ¹/_s³

• a^-3

• a³

• 3a

• 4^-2

• 1/4²

• 1/16

• all of the above

Solve

• a^-2

• a²

• 1/a¹

5^-2

• 1/25

• 1/5²

To get rid of a negative exponent you need to...

• Just erase it

• Find the reciprocal

• Multiply it by a negative

• Add a one to it

Simplify x^-7

• -7

• -7x

• 1/x⁷

• -1/x⁷