Warm-up

Warm-upSimplify.

75

2 3

1. 2. 3 2 4 63. 3 6 4 2

24. 3 4

ii i

i iii

i9 6i

24 18i

2 15 5 i

Questions over HW?

Skills Check

Review Exponent

Rules

1. Multiplying:ADD exponents

3 12x x 15x

2. Power to a Power:

MULTIPLY exponents

32 34x y 6 964x y

3. Division:SUBTRACT

exponents – leftovers go where the higher exponent

was12 4

20x yx y

3

8yx

4. Negative Exponents:

MOVE it to the other part of the fraction & it’s

no longer negative

2 45x y4

25yx

Simplify1.

23c29c

Simplify2.

2 33 28 2x x

12512x

Simplify3.

2 4 5x x x x 12x

Simplify4.

2y2

1y

Simplify5.

3 33ab c

3 33ab c

Simplify6.

2 11

9x y

2

9x y

Simplify7.

10

2xx

8x

Simplify8.

4 6

3 7248x yx y

3xy

Simplify9.

213

9

Simplify10.

6 3 2 1a b a b 8 2a b

Simplify11.

3 324a b ab

9 664a b

Simplify12.

32 432x zxz

3 9278x z

Simplify13.

7 5

3 8327a ba b

10

139ab

Practice Worksheet

Come get your answers checked after completing:

1 – 8then 9 – 15finally 16 – 20 Your answers will contain only POSITIVE

exponents!