Name _____jeremias lopez__

Fall 2016 Date __03.28.17________

Math 1010
Conceptual Quiz, Chapter 7

Answer the following questions. Answers may vary in length from a few sentences to a
paragraph. Use correct grammar, including using complete sentences. Answers with abundant
grammatical errors will not be awarded full credit. If you need more space than is provided,
attach a separate sheet with your answers.

Ch.7: Exponents and Radicals

1. Without using the words take the square root, try to explain in words the meaning of
square roots. For example, why is 64 8 a true statement? More generally, when is
b a a true statement? Try the same thing for cube roots.

A root is of a number is the number that goes into the number evenly when multiplying it by two.
Which that means if I did the cubes root of 27, it would be 3.

2. How do the rules of exponents lead us to the conclusion that a a ?

1/2

Because we know that there is a two in the outside of the sign and there is an imaginary 1 by the
a which makes it a .
 3. You tell your friend that youre having a hard time remembering how to multiply and
divide radicals. She says, Its easy- as long as you know your rules for exponents. What
is she talking about?
Zero exponent rule a0, power rule, (a^M)^n= a^mn, negative exponent rule a^-n=1/a^n.

4. In mathematics there are many If a then b statements. The Principle of Powers (p. 470)
is an example. Use the Principle of Powers to show an example of when If a then b is
true but If b then a isnt. (In other words, the order of the statement matters!)
If x+=2 and x^2+y^2=2 what is the value of xy?
 5. Pythagoras gets all the credit! But how long have people known about the relationship
between the lengths of the sides of a right triangle? Do a quick internet search and
summarize who, where, and when there is evidence of people knowing the Pythagorean
Theorem.
Pythagorean theorem comes from the ancient greek and were the first to offer a proof of the
theorem but many before that noticed special evidence between the sides of a right triangle.