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    The document discusses exponents and their properties. It explains that the base is the number being multiplied, the exponent is how many times the base is used as a factor, and exponents provide a shortcut for long multiplication problems. It provides examples of exponential, standard, and expanded forms and how to evaluate exponents using a calculator. Tables show the results of raising 2 to various exponents and the patterns of multiplying and dividing the base. The document also covers the rules for operations involving exponents, such as adding exponents when multiplying terms and subtracting exponents when dividing terms with the same base.

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    The document discusses exponents and their properties. It explains that the base is the number being multiplied, the exponent is how many times the base is used as a factor, and exponents provide a shortcut for long multiplication problems. It provides examples of exponential, standard, and expanded forms and how to evaluate exponents using a calculator. Tables show the results of raising 2 to various exponents and the patterns of multiplying and dividing the base. The document also covers the rules for operations involving exponents, such as adding exponents when multiplying terms and subtracting exponents when dividing terms with the same base.

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    The document discusses exponents and their properties. It explains that the base is the number being multiplied, the exponent is how many times the base is used as a factor, and exponents provide a shortcut for long multiplication problems. It provides examples of exponential, standard, and expanded forms and how to evaluate exponents using a calculator. Tables show the results of raising 2 to various exponents and the patterns of multiplying and dividing the base. The document also covers the rules for operations involving exponents, such as adding exponents when multiplying terms and subtracting exponents when dividing terms with the same base.

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    Exponentsdiscovery

    Monday,October07,2013
    9:01AM

    Part1

    1. IhavelearnedalotaboutExponents.Ilearnedthatnumbers(suchas10)havepatterns
    thatifyoulearntofollowmakedoingexponentseasy.Ilearnedabouthowexponents
    workedwithavariable.Ilearnedwhatacoefficientis.Acoefficientgoesbeforethe
    baseandisaconstant.Also,Ihavelearnedallthedifferentwaystowriteexponents
    (exponential,standardandexpanded)andnowIunderstandhowtofindthevalueofa
    numberinexponentialformusingacalculator.Ihavelearnedmanyimportantthings
    aboutexponents.
    2. Thebaseisthenumberthatisbeingmultipliedbyitself.Forexample:

    6^4The6isthebaseandisbeingmultipliedbyitself
    6*6*6*6

    3. Apoweristhenumberthatissmallerandabovetheothernumber.Thisnumberishow
    manytimesyoumultiplythebiggernumberbyitself(howmanyofthebiggernumber
    isinthemultiplicationproblem).Forexample:

    6^4The4isthepowerandishowmany6'sthereistofindthestandard
    value:6*6*6*6

    4. Whenapersonsee'sandexponentyouwillneedtomultiplythebottomnumberby
    itselfmanytimestofindthestandardform.

    5. Apowerisashortcuttoalongmultiplicationproblem.Forexample:
    Insteadofwriting:4*4*4*4*4*4*4*4*4=?

    Itismuchsimplerandeasiertowrite:4^9
    6. Tofindthevolumeofaboxyoucubetheedgelength.Cubedisthenumber3because
    tofindthevolumeyouneedtofindthelength(#1)andthanthewidth(#2)andlastly
    theheight(#3)andifthesearethesameyoucanjustcubethenumber.Thantofind
    theareaofasquareyouneedtofindthelength(#1)timesthewidth(#2).Thatiswhy
    areaisalwayssquaredandvolumeisalwayscubed.

    Part2

    Introduction to Exponents Page 1

    Base

    exponent meaning

    Value

    2*2*2*2

    16

    2*2*2

    2*2

    1/2

    1/2

    1/2*1/2

    1/4

    1/2*1/2*1/2

    1/8

    1/2*1/2*1/2*1/2 1/16

    Asyouincreasetheexponent,whatisoperationhappeningtothebase?
    Astheexponentincreasesthebaseismultipliedonemoretime.
    Asyoudecreaseeachexponent,whatoperationishappeningtothebase?
    Astheexponentdecreasesyoudividebythebaseonemoretime.
    Doublecheckyourtable.Doesthepatternworkfrom2^4to2^4asthe
    exponentincreaseseachtime?
    Yes,thepatternstaysthesame.Youdividethebasebyonelesseverytimeand
    whenyoucannolongerdivideyoustartmultiplyingonemoreeverytime.
    Doesthepatternworkfrom2^4to2^4astheexponentdecreaseseachtime?
    Yes,thepatternstaysthesame.YouMultiplythebasebyonelesseverytime
    andwhenyoucannolongermultiplyyoustartdividingonemoreeverytime.
    Part3
    1. WhenyouaddXbyXyouget2X
    2. WhenyousubtractXbyXyouget0

    3. WhenyoumultiplyXbyXyougetX^2
    4. WhenyoudivideXbyXyouget1
    5. WhenyoumultiplyXbyXbyXyougetX^3
    6. WhenyoumultiplyXbyXbyXbyXbyXyougetX^5
    7. WhenyoumultiplyX^2byXyougetX^3
    8. WhenyoumultiplyX^2byX^3yougetX^5
    9. WhenyoumultiplyX^4byX^6yougetX^10

    Introduction to Exponents Page 2

    10. Theruleis:Whenmultiplyingtoexponentswiththe
    samebaseyoucanaddthe2powerstogetherto
    createonepower.Youcanthenconvertthisto
    standardform

    1. WhenyoumultiplyX^4byX^2yougetX^6
    2. WhenyoudivideX^5byX^3yougetX^2
    3. WhenyoudivideX^6byXyougetX^5
    4. Theruleis:Whendividinganexponentbyanexponent
    ofthesamebaseyoucansubtractthe2powers
    togetherandcreateonepowerforthebase.Youcan
    thenconvertthisthestandardform

    1. WhenyousquareX^3yougetX^6
    2. WhenyousquareX^4yougetX^8
    3. WhenyoucubeX^2yougetX^6
    4. WhenyouraiseX^3totheforthpoweryougetX^12
    5. WhenyouraiseX^2tothefifthpoweryougetX^10
    6. Theruleis:Whenraisingaexponenttoadifferent
    powerjustmultiplythe2powerstogetherandusethe
    originalbase.

    Introduction to Exponents Page 3

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