Simplifying Expressions with Exponents

Simplifying Expressions with Exponents

Assessment

Interactive Video

Mathematics

7th - 10th Grade

Hard

Created by

Aiden Montgomery

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The video tutorial explains how to simplify expressions with negative exponents by using exponent rules. It emphasizes the importance of writing expressions with positive exponents and demonstrates how to apply these rules to move terms across the fraction bar, changing the sign of the exponent. The tutorial concludes with a simplified expression and a recap of the key concepts.

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7 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why is the expression with X raised to the power of -3 not considered simplified?

Because it has a negative exponent.

Because it has a positive exponent.

Because it is a fraction.

Because it is an integer.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the exponent on the number two in the expression?

Zero

Negative one

One

Two

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the exponent rule state about moving an exponent across the fraction bar?

It squares the base.

It changes the sign of the exponent.

It doubles the exponent.

It halves the base.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How do you write a negative exponent as a positive exponent using the fraction method?

By moving the base to the denominator.

By moving the base to the numerator.

By adding one to the exponent.

By subtracting one from the exponent.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What happens to the exponent of X when it is moved to the denominator?

It becomes negative.

It becomes positive.

It becomes zero.

It remains the same.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Where does the number two remain in the simplified expression?

Outside the fraction

In the numerator

In the denominator

In the exponent

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the final form of the expression after simplification?

2/X^3

X^3/2

2X^3

X/2^3