Zero and Negative Exponents
Simplify: 3 4 22a b a b
Simplify: 3 56 2xy x y
Simplify: 7 4 810 3x y x y
Simplify: 6 2 3 104 6x y x y
Try toSimplify: 8 9 66 3x y x y
Try toSimplify: 4 7 2 1012 2x y x y
Simplify: 4 3c cx x
Simplify: 2d dx y x y
What about….
31 21
41 51
61 71
1 even 1 odd
Simplify: 28 3x p
Simplify: 54 3x y
Zero Exponents:
Position NameTen
ThousandsThousands Hundreds Tens Units
Decimal Form 10,000 1000 100 10 1
Power of 10 104 103 102 101 100
m
m
x
x 0x
Negative Exponents:
Position Name Hundreds Tens Units Tenths Hundredths
Decimal Form 100 10 1 0.1 0.01
Power of 10 102 101 100 10-1 10-2
1mm
xx
Simplify:
3
5
x
y
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