Law of Exponents Negative and Zero Rule

• ¹²
• 36
• 1/36
• 1/12

• 4⁹
• 4⁴⁴
• 4²¹
• 4¹⁵

• 25⁶⁰
• 25¹⁷
• 5⁶⁰
• 5¹⁷

Negative Exponent Law states: you must change the exponent to a positive by doing what?

• just change it to positive

• move to the bottom of fraction bar

• move it to the opposite side of fraction bar

Simplify:

• x³

• x¹¹

• 1/x¹¹

• 1/x³

(5³x²y⁴)⁰

• 5xy

• 1

• 0

• 5

Simplify with no negative exponents:
x^-3

• -3x

• x³

• 1/ x^-3

• 1/ x³

What do you do to your exponents when you are dividing in scientific notation?

• Subtract

• Divide

• Multiply

• Add

• 9a⁸ / 4b²
• 9b² / 4a⁸
• 9a⁴b⁶ / 4
• 9a⁴ / 4b²

Zero Exponent Law states that _____ becomes a 1.

• the exponent

• the base

• nothing

• the whole term