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Understanding Coefficients and Exponents

Understanding Coefficients and Exponents

Assessment

Interactive Video

•

Mathematics

•

8th Grade

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Hard

Created by

Thomas White

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This video tutorial covers the rules for converting negative exponents to positive ones. It explains the concepts of base and coefficient, and how they interact with exponents. The tutorial provides examples of flipping fractions to their reciprocals to change the sign of exponents. It emphasizes the importance of understanding these rules for simplifying expressions and prepares students for applying these rules in future lessons.

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27 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the role of the small number written above and to the right of a base number?

Denominator

Variable

Exponent

Coefficient

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In the expression 2a^4, what is the base?

2

a

4

2a

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the base in the expression 2a^4 when not in parentheses?

2

a

2a

4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the base in the expression 2a^4 when not in parentheses?

2

a

2a

4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What happens to the base when it is enclosed in parentheses?

It remains unchanged

It becomes a coefficient

It becomes a variable

The entire expression becomes the base

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the base in the expression (2a)^4?

2a

4

a

2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the rule for changing a negative exponent to a positive one?

Multiply by zero

Flip the fraction to its reciprocal

Add 1 to the exponent

Subtract 1 from the exponent

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