Rules of Exponents Numerical Base

A number used as a repeated factor

• Base

• Coefficient

• Evaluate

• Order of Operations

A number that tells how many times a base is used as a factor

• Exponent

• Variable

• Terms

• Coefficients

a power indicates the number of the base is used as a factor

• base

• exponential form

• exponents

• evaluate

a number written as a base and an exponent

• operations

• rational numbers

• exponential form

• numerical expression

When a power is raised to a power, you must _______________________

• divide the exponets

• multiply the exponents

• add the exponets

• subtract the exponents

Answer the questions below.

d

e

f

c

12

144

2

24

Match the following!

• it always EQUALS 1

• When you divide...

• MULTIPLY the exponents

• When you have anything raised to the power of 0...

• SUBTRACT the exponents

• When you have a power to a power...

• ADD the exponents

• When you multiply...

According to exponent rules, when we divide the expressions we _______ the exponents.

• add

• subtract

• multiply

• divide

When you are dividing like bases, you _____________ the exponents.

• multiply

• add

• divide

• subtract

When the bases are being divided, you multiply the exponents.

• TRUE

• FALSE