13/02/2024

Index Laws
Learning Objectives:-
Use index laws to simplify numerical expressions involving
negative and fractional indices
Keywords:- Index, Power, Law, Expression, Fractions,
Negative, Positive.
I can describe base and exponent.

I can solve questions involving basic

index laws.

I can solve questions involving

fractional and negative indices.
 Index (Indices)

Power

Exponent

Base

“2 to the power of 4”
“2 to the 4”
How do we describe this?

What is it shorthand for?

When an index is applied to a fraction,
we can apply the index to both
the numerator & the denominator.
 What is this calculation?
Can we solve it with factorisation?
105 ÷ 15
Solving with factorisation
 What pattern can you see?
How can we complete the table?

÷2

÷2

÷2

÷2

÷2

÷2
 What pattern can you see?
How can we complete the table?

÷3

÷3

÷3

÷3

÷3

÷3
A negative index means that instead of multiplying by the number many times,
we divide by the number many times.

A negative power is the

reciprocal of the positive power.
A negative index means that instead of multiplying by the number many times,
we divide by the number many times.
 How can we write this as a calculation?

A negative index will create the reciprocal,

so a fraction will be ‘flipped’.
 How can we write this as a calculation?

A negative index will create the reciprocal,

so a fraction will be ‘flipped’.
 How can we write this as a calculation?

A negative index will create the reciprocal,

so a fraction will be ‘flipped’.
Square root

According to the rules for multiplying terms with indices,

what is the result of this calculation?
What does this tell us about the meaning of fractional indices?

Square root
Square number

(invisible 2)
 Cube root

According to the rules for multiplying terms with indices,

what is the result of this calculation?
What does this tell us about the meaning of fractional indices?

Cube root
Cube number
How can we expand this fractional index and write it as two calculations?
How can we expand this fractional index and write it as two calculations?
Describe these in the form and as an integer.
Therefore,

Do you agree?
Therefore,

Do you agree?
When an index is applied to a fraction,
we can apply the index to both
the numerator & the denominator.
To manipulate surds we can split them into factors and take the square root of each.

If we have the square root of a fraction,

we can apply the square root to the denominator & numerator.
 How can we split this
index into two operations?

Take the Negative: reciprocal

reciprocal
Fraction: root
 How can we split this
index into two operations?

Take the Negative: reciprocal

reciprocal
Fraction: cube root
 How can we split this
index into three operations?

Negative: Fraction: Integer:

reciprocal cube root square

Take the
reciprocal
 How can we split this
index into two operations?

Negative: reciprocal
Take the
reciprocal Fraction: root
 How can we split this
index into two operations?

Negative: reciprocal
Take the
reciprocal Fraction: cube root
 How can we split this
index into three operations?

Negative: Fraction: Integer:

reciprocal cube root square

Take the
reciprocal
 How can we split this
index into three operations?

Negative: Fraction: Integer:

reciprocal square root cube

Take the
reciprocal
 Calculating with Terms with Indices

Multiplying
Fractional (Unit)

Fractional (Non-Unit)
Dividing

Brackets

Negative Fractional

Negative
 Plenary Question

3. One
2. Today I thing I
1. Before this MUST
have learnt
lesson I remember
already knew that… from
how to……. today’s
Topic