Introduction to Exponents

Rewrite each expression with a negative exponent.
¹/_12⁴

• ¹/_12^-4

• 12⁴

• ¹/_20,736

• 12^-4

Rewrite using a positive exponent.
g^-7

• ¹/_g⁷

• g⁷

• ¹/_g^-7

• -g⁷

Rewrite using a positive exponent.
w^-13

• -w¹³

• ¹/_w¹³

• ¹/_w^-13

• w¹³

Simplify

• -16

• 16

x^-3

• 1/x³

• 1/x^-3

• 3x

• 1/3x

Make this negative exponent positive.
9^-3

• 9³

• 1/9^-3

• 1/9³

• 729

Solve

• a^-2

• a²

• 1/a¹

• 4^-2

• 1/4²

• 1/16

• all of the above

• a^-3

• a³

• 3a

Simplify

• -1

• 1