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Laws of Exponents Review

This document reviews exponent rules including the product rule, power rule, and quotient rule. It provides examples of applying each rule to simplify expressions involving exponents. It then provides 30 practice problems for the student to simplify expressions using the exponent rules.

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Laws of Exponents Review

This document reviews exponent rules including the product rule, power rule, and quotient rule. It provides examples of applying each rule to simplify expressions involving exponents. It then provides 30 practice problems for the student to simplify expressions using the exponent rules.

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Exponent Rules Review Worksheet

NOTE: Anything to the zero power equals 1!


Product Rule: When multiplying monomials that have the same base, add the exponents.
x m  x n  x m n
Example 1: x  x3  x4  x134  x8 Example 2:  2x y  3x y   2   3  x
2 3 4 2
 x3  y  y 4  6 x5 y 5

Power Rule: When raising monomials to powers, multiply the exponents.


x 
n
m
 x m n
Example 3: (x2y3)4 = x2  4 y3  4 = x8y12 Example 4: (2x3yz2)3 = 23 x3  3 y3 z2  3 = 8x9y3z6

Quotient Rule: When dividing monomials that have the same base, subtract the exponents.
xm
n
 x mn
x
x3 56 36m3n5 36 m3 n5
Example 5: 2  x3( 2)  x5 Example 6: 2  562  54 Example 7:    4  4m2 n
x 5 9mn 4
9 m n

Simplify each of the following. Copy the problem. Work on your own paper.
1) a  a2  a3 2) (2a2b)(4ab2) 3) (6x2)(-3x5) 4) b3  b4  b7  b 5) (3x3)(3x4)(-3x2)

6) (2x2y3)2 7) (5x2y4)3 8) (6x4y6)3 9) (4x3y3)3 10) (7xy)2

x3 18c3 9a3b5 48c 2 d 4 22 y 6 z 8


11) 12) 13) 14) 15)
x 3c 2 3ab2 8cd 2 yz 7

17)  x 2  18)  2x 4 


7 5
16) x2  x7 19) 2x3  7 x3 20) 70

23)  3 24) 6 x 0 y 8   2 y 2  25)  x  2 y  x  2 y 


4 4
21) 8x0 22) 34

5
2 x3 xy 7  3m 2 n 7 
29)  3st 
3
26) 27) 3 4 28) 6x  3x  x
5 5 0 12
30)  
8 x 4 x y  m 
Exponent Rules Review Worksheet
NOTE: Anything to the zero power equals 1!
Product Rule: When multiplying monomials that have the same base, add the exponents.
x m  x n  x m n
Example 1: x  x3  x4  x134  x8 Example 2:  2x y  3x y   2   3  x
2 3 4 2
 x3  y  y 4  6 x5 y 5

Power Rule: When raising monomials to powers, multiply the exponents.


x 
n
m
 x m n
Example 3: (x2y3)4 = x2  4 y3  4 = x8y12 Example 4: (2x3yz2)3 = 23 x3  3 y3 z2  3 = 8x9y3z6

Quotient Rule: When dividing monomials that have the same base, subtract the exponents.
xm
n
 x mn
x
x3 56 36m3n5 36 m3 n5
Example 5: 2  x3( 2)  x5 Example 6: 2  562  54 Example 7:    4  4m2 n
x 5 9mn 4
9 m n

Simplify each of the following. Copy the problem. Work on your own paper.
1) a  a2  a3 2) (2a2b)(4ab2) 3) (6x2)(-3x5) 4) b3  b4  b7  b 5) (3x3)(3x4)(-3x2)

6) (2x2y3)2 7) (5x2y4)3 8) (6x4y6)3 9) (4x3y3)3 10) (7xy)2

x3 18c3 9a3b5 48c 2 d 4 22 y 6 z 8


11) 12) 13) 14) 15)
x 3c 2 3ab2 8cd 2 yz 7

17)  x 2  18)  2x 4 


7 5
16) x2  x7 19) 2x3  7 x3 20) 70

23)  3 24) 6 x 0 y 8   2 y 2  25)  x  2 y  x  2 y 


4 4
21) 8x0 22) 34

5
2 x3 xy 7  3m 2 n 7 
29)  3st 
3
26) 27) 3 4 28) 6x  3x  x
5 5 0 12
30)  
8 x 4 x y  m 

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