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Laws of Exponents Final LG
Laws of Exponents Final LG
Lesson Proper
I. Activity 1
Give the product of each of the following as fast as you can.
1) 3 x 3 = ________
2) 4 x 4 x 4 = ________
3) 5 x 5 x 5 = ________
4) 2 x 2 x 2 = ________
5) 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 = ________
6) 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 = ________
A) an = a x a x a x a ….. (n times)
Exercises
1) Which of the following is/are correct?
a) 42 = 4 x 4 = 16
b) 24 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 = 8
c) 25 = 2 x 5 = 10
d) 33 = 3 x 3 x 3 = 27
2) Give the value of each of the following as fast as you can.
a) 23 b) 25 c) 34 d) 106
Activity 2
Evaluate the following. Investigate the result. Make a simple conjecture on it. The first two are
done for you.
1) (23)2 = 23 • 23 = 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 = 64
2) (x4)3 = x4 • x4 • x4 = x • x • x • x • x • x • x • x • x • x • x • x = x12
3) (32)2 =
4) (22)3 =
5) (a2)5=
Activity 3
Evaluate the following. Notice that the bases are the same. The first example is done for you.
1) (23)(22) = 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 = 25 = 32
2) (x5)(x4) =
3) (32)(34) =
4) (24)(25) =
5) (x3)(x4) =
Activity 4
Evaluate each of the following. Notice that the bases are the same. The first example is done for
you.
2) =
3) =
4) =
What can you conclude about ? What will you do with a, n and m?
What about these?
1)
2)
Summary:
Laws of exponent
1) an = a • a • a • a • a….. (n times)
Exercise:
Choose a Law of Exponent to apply. Complete the table and observe. Make a conjecture.
No. Result Applying a law GIVEN (Start ANSWER REASON
of Exponent here)
1)
2)
3)
4)
Can you rewrite the fractions below using exponents and simplify them?
a)
b)
c)
d) x-2
e) 3-3
f) (5-3)-2
III. Exercises
1) 28 6) (23)3
2) 82 7) (24)(23)
3) 5-1 8) (32)(23)
4) 3-2 9) x0 + 3-1 – 22
5) 180 10 [22 – 33 + 44]0
1) (x10)(x12) 7)
2) (y-3)(y8) 8)
3) (m15)3 9)
4) (d-3)2 10)
5) (a-4)-4 11)
6)
Summary
In these lessons, you learned some laws of exponents.