Exponent Rules Explained

What do you do when adding or subtracting terms with the same base and exponent?

• Combine like terms without changing the exponents

• Add the exponents

• Subtract the bases

• Multiply the coefficients

How do you handle multiplication of variables with different exponents?

• Add the exponents

• Multiply the bases

• Subtract the exponents

• Divide the exponents

What do you do with the coefficients when multiplying variables with exponents?

• Add them

• Subtract them

• Multiply them

• Divide them

What is the result of raising a power to another power?

• Divide the exponents

• Subtract the exponents

• Add the exponents

• Multiply the exponents

How do you simplify an expression with a coefficient raised to a power?

• Multiply the coefficient by the exponent

• Raise the coefficient to the power

• Add the exponent to the coefficient

• Subtract the exponent from the coefficient

When dividing variables with exponents, what operation do you perform on the exponents?

• Divide

• Subtract

• Add

• Multiply

How do you simplify an expression with the same variable in the numerator and denominator raised to the same power?

• The variable is eliminated

• The exponent is doubled

• The base remains with exponent 1

• The result is 1

What is the result of any number raised to the zero power?

• 0

• 1

• The base number

• Undefined

What happens to a variable with a negative exponent when simplified?

• It is eliminated

• It moves to the numerator and becomes positive

• It moves to the denominator and becomes positive

• The exponent becomes zero

How do you handle a variable to a negative exponent in a fraction?

• Move it to the numerator and make the exponent positive

• Leave it as is

• Move it to the denominator and make the exponent positive

• Eliminate the variable