GRADE 9 MATHEMATICS

Zero & negative

exponents
 ZERO EXPONENTS

 Any nonzero real number

raised to the zero power is
equal to one. That is if x ≠ 0,
then x0 = 1.
 NEGATIVE EXPONENTS
 A nonzero real number raised to a
negative power is the multiplicative
inverse (reciprocal) of the number
raised to the positive opposite of the
power. That is, if x ≠ 0 and m is a
positive integer, then
−𝒎 𝟏
𝒙 =
𝒙𝒎
 ZERO &NEGATIVE EXPONENTS
EXAMPLES:
1. (-2136xy -5)0 =1
−𝟒𝒙 𝟎
2. 𝟓 (𝟏𝟎𝟖𝒙𝟑 ) = 5(1) = 5
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
3. (-3)-4 = = =
𝟑𝟒 𝟑.𝟑.𝟑.𝟑 𝟖𝟏
𝟏 𝟑
4. 3x-2 =3 . 𝟐 = 𝟐
𝒙 𝒙
 ZERO & NEGATIVE EXPONENTS
EXAMPLES:
5. (5m-3n0)2 = 52m-6n0
= 5.5. 𝟏𝟔 (1) = 𝟐𝟓
𝒎 𝟔
𝒎
𝟏 −𝟐 𝟓 −𝟑 𝒚𝟓
6. 𝟐
𝒙 𝒚 𝒛 =
𝟐𝒙𝟐𝒛𝟑
 ZERO & NEGATIVE EXPONENTS
EXAMPLES:

3 −2 = 𝟑−𝟐 = 𝟒𝟐 𝟏𝟔
7. =
4 𝟒−𝟐 𝟑𝟐 𝟗
 ZERO & NEGATIVE EXPONENTS
EXAMPLES:
-3 𝟖 −𝟑
8.
−𝟗𝒂 𝒃 =𝒂 𝟖−(−𝟒) = 𝒃−𝟑−𝟐
𝟔𝒃𝟐 𝒂−𝟒 = 𝒃−𝟓
2 = 𝒂 𝟏𝟐
−𝟑𝒂𝟏𝟐
=
𝟐𝒃𝟓
 ZERO & NEGATIVE EXPONENTS
EXAMPLES:
𝟐
𝟒𝒅 𝒉 −𝟓 𝟑
= 43d6h-15 =𝒅𝟔−𝟐 =𝒅𝟒
9. −𝟏 𝟓 −𝟐 =𝐡 −𝟏𝟓−(−𝟏𝟎) =𝒉−𝟓
𝟐𝒅 𝒉 2-2d2h-10
4.4.4 =64
= 64 (2)2d4 = 256 d4
h5 h5
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