Exponent Rules

Anything (other than zero) raised to a power of zero is always:

• 0

• 1

• itself

• negative

(5x²y²)³

• 125x⁶y⁶

• 15x⁶y⁶

• 8x⁵y⁵

• 15x⁵y⁵

• MULTIPLY coefficients
  MULTIPLY exponents

• DIVIDE coefficients
  SUBTRACT exponents

• Combine like terms

• MULTIPLY coefficients
  ADD exponents

• MULTIPLY coefficients
  MULTIPLY exponents

• DIVIDE coefficients
  SUBTRACT exponents

• Combine like terms

• MULTIPLY coefficients
  ADD exponents

• MULTIPLY coefficient times exponent MULTIPLY exponents

• DIVIDE coefficients
  SUBTRACT exponents

• RAISE coefficient to the POWER

  MULTIPLY exponents

• MULTIPLY coefficients
  ADD exponents

-30x¹¹

-30x¹⁸

-x¹¹

-x¹⁸

• -30x¹¹

• -30x¹⁸

• -x¹¹

• -x¹⁸

Simplify the expression

• x⁵

• 1/x⁵

• x¹³

• 1/x¹³

• 
• 2x²z⁴

• 3x²y⁵z⁴

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