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Exponents Discovery

The document discusses exponents and their properties. It explains that the base is the number being multiplied, the exponent is how many times the base is used as a factor, and exponents provide a shortcut for long multiplication problems. It provides examples of exponential, standard, and expanded forms and how to evaluate exponents using a calculator. Tables show the results of raising 2 to various exponents and the patterns of multiplying and dividing the base. The document also covers the rules for operations involving exponents, such as adding exponents when multiplying terms and subtracting exponents when dividing terms with the same base.

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Exponents Discovery

The document discusses exponents and their properties. It explains that the base is the number being multiplied, the exponent is how many times the base is used as a factor, and exponents provide a shortcut for long multiplication problems. It provides examples of exponential, standard, and expanded forms and how to evaluate exponents using a calculator. Tables show the results of raising 2 to various exponents and the patterns of multiplying and dividing the base. The document also covers the rules for operations involving exponents, such as adding exponents when multiplying terms and subtracting exponents when dividing terms with the same base.

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Exponentsdiscovery

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

Introduction to Exponents Page 1

Base

exponent meaning

Value

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

Introduction to Exponents Page 2

10. Theruleis:Whenmultiplyingtoexponentswiththe
samebaseyoucanaddthe2powerstogetherto
createonepower.Youcanthenconvertthisto
standardform

1. WhenyoumultiplyX^4byX^2yougetX^6
2. WhenyoudivideX^5byX^3yougetX^2
3. WhenyoudivideX^6byXyougetX^5
4. Theruleis:Whendividinganexponentbyanexponent
ofthesamebaseyoucansubtractthe2powers
togetherandcreateonepowerforthebase.Youcan
thenconvertthisthestandardform

1. WhenyousquareX^3yougetX^6
2. WhenyousquareX^4yougetX^8
3. WhenyoucubeX^2yougetX^6
4. WhenyouraiseX^3totheforthpoweryougetX^12
5. WhenyouraiseX^2tothefifthpoweryougetX^10
6. Theruleis:Whenraisingaexponenttoadifferent
powerjustmultiplythe2powerstogetherandusethe
originalbase.

Introduction to Exponents Page 3

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