Exponents Discovery

Monday, October 07, 2013 10:07 AM

Part 2

Part 1:
1. In One Note, type a paragraph explaining what you have learned. I learned how to write exponents 3 different ways: exponential; a number and the exponent. Expanded which is repeated multiplication like 7 to the 3 power = 7*7*7=343. The last way is standard form which is the problem solved. In the problem above the standard form would be 343. I learned that a base is the lower number and a power is the smaller, higher number. I learned that you can show powers by geometry like three block high by three blocks wide by three block long. Lastly I learned that the standard name of any non-zero base with an exponent of zero is equal to 1. Base 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Exponent 4 3 2 1 0 -1 -2 Meaning 2*2*2*2 2*2*2 2*2 2 NA 1 * 1/2 1/2 * 1/2 Value 16 8 4 2 1 1/2 1/4

-3 2. What is a base?
A base is the lowered/larger number. 2 3. What is a power? 2 -4

1/2 * 1/2 *1/2

1/8

1/2 * 1/2 * 1/2 * 1/2 1/16

The power is the elevated/smaller number

4. What does a base and power (exponent) tell you to do?

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A power tells the base to multiply its self by its self however many times the power is shown.
5. What is a power a shortcut to? A power is a short cut to saying multiply a number buy its self however many times the power/exponent is showed Ex. 7 to the 3 power = 7*7*7=343 6. How could you use geometry to describe squaring or cubing a number? You can show powers by geometry like three block high by three blocks wide by three blocks long would be 3 cubed. If you wanted to do 3 squared it would be three blocks long and three block high. Example:

1) Start with 2 to the first power. As you increase the exponent, what is operation happening to the base? They are doubling or multiplying by 2. 2) Starting with the exponent of 4, as you decrease each exponent, what operation is happening to the base? They are being divided by 2 or multiplied by 1/2 3) Now, decrease the exponent from 1 to 0 and using the pattern you have discovered, determine the value of 2 to the 0 power and fill in the table. The answer is 1 because any number to the 0th power is 1. 4) Continue with this pattern to fill out the rest of the table. 5) Double check your table. Does the pattern work from 2^-4 to 2^4 as the exponent increases each time? yes 6) Does the pattern work from 2^4 to 2^-4 as the exponent decreases each time? yes
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Use constants to help you think through what happens with variables in the following list of questions. What do you get when you add x by x? 2x What do you get when you subtract x by x? 0 What do you get when you multiply x by x? x^2 What do you get when you divide x by x? 1 What do you get when you multiply x by x by x? x^3 What about x by x by x by x by x? x^4 What do you get when you multiply x^2 by x? x^3 What about x^2 by x^3? x^5 What about x^4 by x^6? x^10 Come up with a rule that explains what happens when you multiply same bases. What do you get when you divide x by x? 1 What do you get when you multiply x^2 by x? x^3 What about x^4 by x^2? x^6 What do you get when you divide x^5 by x^3? x^2 What about x^6 by x? x^5 Come up with a rule that explains what happens when you divide same bases. What do you get when you square x^3? x^5 What do you get when you square x^4? x^8 What do you get when you cube x^2? x^5 What do you get when you raise x^3 to the fourth power? x^7 What do you get when you raise x^2 to the fifth power? x^7 Come up with a rule that explains what happens when you raise a base with an exponent by an exponent. Add the powers together.
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