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Integral Exponents
For Grade 9 Students
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Multiplying Expressions
• am means "multiply m lots of a together“
• That is:
• "Integral exponent" means the exponent is a whole number
[That is, an integer]
• The above definition only really holds if m is a positive integer,
since it doesn't make a lot of sense if m is negative. (You can't
multiply something by itself negative 3 times! And what does
multiplying something by itself 0 times mean?).
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Example #1
1. y⁵ = y × y × y × y × y
[There are 5 lots of y being multiplied together.]
2. 2^4 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 = 16
[There are 4 lots of 2 multiplied together.]
3. 10^6 = 10 × 10 × 10 × 10 × 10 × 10 = 1,000,000
[There are 6 lots of 10 multiplied together.]
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Multiplying Expressions with Same Base
15⁸ x 15⁵
• 15⁸ = 15 ×15 ×15 ×15 ×15 ×15 ×15 ×15
(8 lots of 15 multiplied together)
• 15⁵ = 15 ×15 ×15 ×15 ×15
(5 lots of 15 multiplied together)
• Therefore, 15⁸ × 15⁵ = (15 ×15 ×15 ×15 ×15 ×15 ×15 ×15) × (15 ×15
×15 ×15 ×15)
• We can conclude that 15⁸ x 15⁵ = 15¹³
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Dividing Expressions with the same base
• When we divide expressions with the same base, we
need to subtract the exponent of the number we are
dividing by from the exponent of the first number.
• Of course, a ≠ 0 and m and n are integers.
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Example #2
• We cancel 2 of the b's from the numerator (the top) and the
two b's from the denominator (the bottom) of the fraction. The
result is equivalent to b⁷ˉ².
• We could also write this as
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Repeated Multiplication of a Number Raised to
a Power
• Here, we multiply n times. So, we write this as
• We could also write this as
• Once again, a ≠ 0 and m and n are integers.
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Fraction Raised to an Integral Power
• If we have a fraction raised to an integral power, we need to
raise the top number to the power and divide by the bottom
number raised to the power.
• Take note: n is an integer
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Example #3
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Raising a number to a Zero Exponent
• Note 1: a0 = 1 is a convention, that is, we agree that raising any
number to the power 0 is 1. We cannot multiply a number by
itself zero times.
• Note 2: In the case of zero raised to the power 0 (written 00),
mathematicians have been debating this for hundreds of
years. It is most commonly regarded as having value 1, but is
not so in all places where it occurs. That's why we write a ≠ 0.
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Raising a Number to a Negative Exponent
• In this exponent rule, a cannot equal 0 because you
cannot have 0 on the bottom of a fraction.
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Example #4
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Summary
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