Exponents, Roots, and Formulas Flashcards
Exponents (Ch. 12) Roots (Ch. 13) Formulas (Ch. 15)
Powers of 2
Powers of 3
Powers of 4, equal powers of 2 what?
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More squares
Squares 1-20 and 30
List cubes 1-10
When you multiply exponents with same base you
add the powers
When you divide exponents with the same base, you
subtract the powers
What are the first 20 perfect squares? Focus on the last 10!
Square root of 2? Square root of 3?
Ie square root of 50 can be rewritten as? (given it is not a perfect square)
Top tip is to find prime factorisation and go from there!!
Adding or subtracting exponents with the same base.
Simplify the fraction in the image:
Smaller positive numerator divided by larger positive denominator
a) greater than 1 (>1)
b) less than 1 (<1)
Less than 1 (<1)
Larger positive numerator divided by smaller positive denominator,
a) greater than 1 (>1)
b) less than 1 (<1)
Greater than 1 (>1)
The bigger the exponent, the ______ the fraction (since you’re dividing by a larger number).
The bigger the exponent, the** smaller** the fraction (since you’re dividing by a larger number).
Negative exponents: The _____ the denominator the smaller the overall value
Negative exponents: The larger the denominator the smaller the overall value
Negative exponents: The smaller the denominator the ____ the overall value
Negative exponents: The smaller the denominator the **larger **the overall value
The smaller the exponent, the ________ the fraction (since you’re dividing by a smaller number).
The smaller the exponent, the ** larger** the fraction (since you’re dividing by a smaller number).
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Answer A would be neg because neg sign is applied last
Answer C negative because any neg number raised to an odd power remains neg
Other three answers are positive so eliminate a and c for now
Answer B has a negative exponent so the base 6 will turn into a fraction less than 1
Likewise, answer E will give a fraction less than 1.
B > E because it has a smaller denominator value meaning a greater overall value
Smaller denominator value means greater overall value!
Answer D is a neg number raised to an even power so it becomes positive
The power itself is positive so the answer will be greater than 1 and therefore larger than B and E
Solve
Solve
A
This can also be rewritten as
Use the neg exponent rule to make the exponent positive and 1 / the og fraction!