laws of maths Flashcards

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what do you do when you are simplifying powers of a power * = to the power of
(72)4

A

when simplifying powers of a power you can multiply the powers together
(72)4 = 7*8

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2
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how do you find the difference of 2 squares

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  • = to the power of

x2 - y2 = (x - y) (x + y)

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3
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to divide fractions you must 5/6 / 10/8 =

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once you have done that you check if there is any cancellations (5 goes into both 5 and 10 and 2 goes into both 8 and 6)
flip last and times it 5/6 x 8/10 = 1/3 x 4/8 = 1/3 x 1/2

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4
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what does Quotient mean
what does product mean

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Quotient means the division of
and product means the timesing of

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5
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how to you multiply numbers in standard form

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(3 x 104) x (4 x 103) = 12 x 10*7

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how do you divide numbers in standard form

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(6 x 106) / (2 x 103) = 3 x 10*3

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