Exploring the 5.0 Laws of Exponents

What does an exponent signify?

• The number of times to divide the base

• The number of times to add the base to itself

• The number of times to subtract the base from itself

• The number of times to multiply the base by itself

What is the result of any number raised to the power of 0?

• Undefined

• 1

• The base itself

• 0

What is the value of 2 to the 4th power?

• 64

• 32

• 16

• 8

How do you simplify expressions with the same base being multiplied?

• Subtract the exponents

• Multiply the exponents

• Add the exponents

• Divide the exponents

What does raising a power to another exponent imply?

• Adding the exponents

• Multiplying the exponents

• Subtracting the exponents

• Dividing the exponents

What is the result of 5 to the 3rd power all raised to the 4th power?

• 5 to the 12th power

• 5 to the 7th power

• 20 to the 4th power

• 125 to the 4th power

How is a negative exponent represented?

• As a division by the base

• As a subtraction in the base

• As a positive exponent in the denominator

• As a positive exponent in the numerator

How is 6 to the negative 4th power written as a fraction?

• 1 over 6 to the 4th power

• 1 over 6 to the negative 4th power

• 6 to the 4th power over 1

• 6 over 1 to the 4th power

What effect do parentheses have in exponentiation?

• They determine which part of the expression is raised to the power

• They only affect the sign of the result

• They have no effect

• They change the order of operations

If you have 3 to the 2x power, how can it be rewritten using laws of exponents?

• 3 to the 2+x power

• 9 to the x power

• 6 to the x power

• 3 to the x squared power