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Integer Exponent Properties Guide

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Integer Exponent Properties Guide

A robotics team is checking expressions used in its computer code. Use the exponent rules below, show your reasoning where asked, and write final answers with positive exponents unless a question says otherwise.

Exponent rule control panel

In these rules, a is nonzero and m and n are integers. The product and quotient rules require the same nonzero base.

Same base multiplied: aᵐ × aⁿ = aᵐ⁺ⁿ

Same base divided: aᵐ ÷ aⁿ = aᵐ⁻ⁿ

Power raised to a power: (aᵐ)ⁿ = aᵐⁿ

Zero exponent: a⁰ = 1

Negative exponent: a⁻ⁿ = 1/aⁿ

A negative exponent does not make the value negative; it means take the reciprocal.

Warm-up: choose the rule

Read each expression carefully. The base stays the same in the product and quotient rules.

1.A program combines 3⁴ × 3². Which property lets you add the exponents?
  • Product rule
  • Quotient rule
  • Power rule
  • Zero exponent rule
2.A sensor calculation contains 5⁻³. Which expression is equal to 5⁻³?
  • −5³
  • 1/5³
  • 5³
  • −15
3.Simplify the expression 2⁶ ÷ 2⁴. Give your answer in exponential form.

Code check: simplify each expression

Apply the exponent rules. Give positive-exponent answers when possible.

4.The first line of code multiplies matching powers: 4³ × 4⁵. Simplify in exponential form.
5.A repeated-power instruction is written as (6²)⁴. Simplify in exponential form.
6.Simplify 7⁸ ÷ 7³ in exponential form.
7.Rewrite 9⁻² with positive exponents.
8.Simplify 3⁰ × 3⁷. Give the answer in exponential form.

Debug the tricky expressions

Show how you use the rules. Remember that parentheses tell you which power is raised.

9.Simplify (2³)² × 2⁻⁴. Show the power rule first, then combine the powers. Give a positive-exponent answer.
10.Explain why 8⁰ = 1 using the quotient rule and a power of 8.
11.Riley claims that 5⁻³ = −5³. Is Riley correct? Explain what the negative exponent means, then write the correct value.

3 printable pages

  • Integer Exponent Properties Guide, page 1 of 3: Exponent rule control panel, Warm-up: choose the rule

    Page 1

  • Integer Exponent Properties Guide, page 2 of 3: Code check: simplify each expression, Debug the tricky expressions

    Page 2

  • Integer Exponent Properties Guide, page 3 of 3: 10. Explain why 8⁰ = 1 using the quotient rule and a power of 8.

    Page 3

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