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Introduction To Exponents 2
Introduction To Exponents 2
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
Base
exponent meaning
Value
16
2*2*2*2
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
10. Theruleis:Whenmultiplyingtwoexponentswiththe
samebaseyoucanaddthe2powerstogetherto
createonepower.Youcanthenconvertthisto
standardform.
standardform.
1. WhenyoumultiplyX^4byX^2yougetX^6
2. WhenyoudivideX^5byX^3yougetX^2
3. WhenyoudivideX^6byXyougetX^5
4. Theruleis:Whendividinganexponentbyan
exponentofthesamebaseyoucansubtractthe2
powersandcreateonepowerforthebase.
1. WhenyousquareX^3yougetX^6
2. WhenyousquareX^4yougetX^8
3. WhenyoucubeX^2yougetX^6
4. WhenyouraiseX^3totheforthpoweryougetX^12
5. WhenyouraiseX^2tothefifthpoweryougetX^10
6. Theruleis:Whenraisingaexponenttoadifferent
powerjustmultiplythe2powerstogetheranduse
theoriginalbase.