Exponent Vocab
What is an exponent?
An exponent is a number used to indicate how many times to multiply the base by itself.
What is the Power Rule?
Multiply two exponents with the same base, you keep the base and add the powers.
To raise a power you need to multiply the exponents.
Whats the one thing to remember?
Remember that any number to the power of zero equals 1, as long as the base number isn't zero.
What does squaring a number mean?
Multiply a number by its self
What is a base number?
A number that is to be raised to a power.
x3*x3. Solve
x6
(x3)2. Solve
x6
x/x
1
What are real numbers?
Real numbers are numbers that include whole numbers, integers, rational numbers, and irrational numbers.
What is the power?
The product obtained by multiplying a number by itself one or more times.
35*33. Solve
38
(46)3. Solve
418
x^4/x^2
x^2
What is a perfect square?
What is a rational number?
Any number that can be written as a ratio where the denominator is not zero.
(124*126)
1210
(113)9
1127
x^3y/x^1y^2
x^2/y
Standard form is expressing a number without using any exponents.
What is an irrational number?
A number whose decimal value never terminates or repeats.
(g3*g9)2
g29
(558)8
5564
15a^3b^4/12a^3b^3
5b/4
What is scientific notation?
a form of shorthand for writing very large or very small numbers; expressed as a decimal multiplied by a power of 10