LAW OF
EXPONENTS
UNIT II – MODULE 4
What are exponents?
- Exponents, also
known as powers, are
values that show how
many times to
multiply a base
number by itself.
EXAMPLE
EXPONENT
S OR
BASE POWER
EXAMPLE
EXPONENT
S OR
BASE POWER
The number being raised by
NOTE: a power is known as
the base, while the
superscript number above it
is the exponent or power.
EXPONENTS OR
EXPONENTS
RULES
- The exponent rules explain how
to solve various equations that
as you might expect have
exponents in them. But there are
several different kinds of
exponent equations and
exponential expressions which
are we called LAW OF
There are seven exponent rules,
or laws of exponents:
1. Product of powers rule
2. Quotient of powers rule
3. Power of a power rule
4. Power of a product rule
5. Power of a quotient rule
6. Zero power rule
7. Negative exponent rule
1. PRODUCT OF POWERS
RULE
- states that when multiplying
two exponents with the same
base, you can add the exponents
and keep the base.
EXAMPLE:
Multiply the coefficients or
NOTE:
the same. Then keep the ‘𝒙’
base together as they are not
the same and add the
exponents.
2. QUOTIENT OF POWERS
RULE
- This rule states that when you
are dividing terms that have the
same base, just subtract their
exponents to find your answer.
The key is to only subtract those
exponents whose bases are the
same.
EXAMPLE:
1.
2.
EXAMPLE:
3.
4.
3. POWER OF A POWER
RULE
- it states that if a base raised to
a power is being raised to
another power, the exponents are
multiplied and the base remains
the same.
EXAMPLE:
1.
2.
4. POWER OF A PRODUCT
RULE
- it states that if any base is being
multiplied by an exponent,
distribute the exponent to each
part of the base.
EXAMPLE:
1.
2.
5. POWER OF A QUOTIENT
RULE
- states that the power of a
quotient is equal to the quotient
obtained when the numerator
and denominator are each raised
to the indicated power
separately, before the division is
performed.
EXAMPLE:
1.
2.
3.
