POWER WORDS
What do you call the small number written above and to the right of a base?
exponent
What law of exponents is used in (am) (an) = a m + n?
Product of Powers Rule
What do you call the number that is multiplied by itself a certain number of times?
What law of exponents is applied in (am)n = a m n
Power of a Power Rule
In the expression 54, what do you call 5 and 4 respectively?
base and exponent
What law allows us to write (ab)n=an bn?
Power of a Product Rule
What do you call an exponent that is a negative number?
negative exponent
What rule applies when dividing powers with the same base am ÷ an = am-n?
Quotient of Powers Rule
What kind of exponents are zero, positive, and negative exponents?
Integral Exponents
What law of exponents is applied in (a ÷ b) m = am ÷ bm?
Power of a Quotient Rule