Exploring Exponents in Algebra 2

The video tutorial covers the basics of exponents, starting with a personal story to engage students. It explains multiplication and division in the context of exponents, including the concept of cancellation. The lesson then moves on to negative exponents, detailing how to simplify them. The teacher also tackles complex exponent problems, providing strategies for solving them. The session concludes with a light-hearted farewell.

What operation does repeated addition of the same number represent?

• Addition

• Multiplication

• Division

• Subtraction

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CCSS.3.OA.A.1

What does X to the 10th power represent?

• 10 times X

• X divided by 10

• X minus 10

• X multiplied by itself 9 more times

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CCSS.6.EE.B.6

In exponents, what does division represent?

• Subtraction of powers

• Addition of bases

• Cancellation of similar terms

• Multiplication of bases

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CCSS.8.EE.A.1

What does a division of exponents with the same base simplify to?

• The product of the bases

• The base raised to the power of the sum of the exponents

• The base raised to the power of the difference of the exponents

• The sum of the bases

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CCSS.8.EE.A.1

How do you simplify a negative exponent?

• By adding it to the exponent of the denominator

• By moving it to the other side of the fraction and making it positive

• By dividing the base

• By subtracting it from the base

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CCSS.8.EE.A.1

How do you handle a base raised to a negative exponent?

• Leave it as is because it's already simplified

• Move the base to the denominator and change the exponent to positive

• Move the base to the numerator and change the exponent to positive

• Multiply the base by the exponent

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CCSS.8.EE.A.1

What is the result of 3 to the negative 3rd power?

• 1 over 9

• 1 over 27

• -27

• 1 over 3

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CCSS.8.EE.A.1

What happens when you multiply powers with the same base?

• You divide their exponents

• You subtract their exponents

• You add their exponents

• You multiply their bases

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CCSS.8.EE.A.1

What is the result of 3 to the power of 3?

• 27

• 9

• 6

• 81

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CCSS.6.EE.A.1

What is the simplified form of X squared times X squared?

• X to the fourth

• 2X squared

• 4X

• X to the 8th

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CCSS.HSA.APR.A.1