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Learning Objective: Converting to index form and expanding a power to evaluate.
Converting to index form and expanding a Example 1:
power to evaluate
Write the following expression in index form:
Powers are used when representing very large or small
numbers. 4x4x4x4x4x4
They are used to help write expressions where there is The number 4 is multiplied 6 times
repeated multiplication:
Therefore, 4 x 4 x 4 x 4 x 4 x 4 = 4⁶
Example 2:
Expression above is written in expanded form and in index
form. The 6 is called the base and the 5 is called the index Write the following expression in index form:
or exponent. We read an expression written in index form
as 6 to the power of 5: 6⁵ 2x2x3x3x5x5x5x3
The plural of inxed is indices. Therefore, 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 5 x 5 x 5 x 3 = 2² x 3³ x 5³
Evaluate the following using the laws for multiplication and division.
6⁴ x 6⁵ = 7³ x 7² = 2⁵ x 2³ =
4⁶ ÷ 4⁵ = 4¹ = 4⁷ ÷ 4⁵ = 7⁷ ÷ 7⁵ =
Simplify and solve the following questions.
(6³)² (3⁵)² (8³)³ (7⁴)²
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Learning Objective: Converting to index form and expanding a power to evaluate.
Converting to index form and expanding a Example 1:
power to evaluate
Write the following expression in index form:
Powers are used when representing very large or small
numbers. 4x4x4x4x4x4
They are used to help write expressions where there is The number 4 is multiplied 6 times
repeated multiplication:
Therefore, 4 x 4 x 4 x 4 x 4 x 4 = 4⁶
Example 2:
Expression above is written in expanded form and in index
form. The 6 is called the base and the 5 is called the index Write the following expression in index form:
or exponent. We read an expression written in index form
as 6 to the power of 5: 6⁵ 2x2x3x3x5x5x5x3
The plural of inxed is indices. Therefore, 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 5 x 5 x 5 x 3 = 2² x 3³ x 5³
Evaluate the following using the laws for multiplication and division.
6⁴ x 6⁵ = 7³ x 7² = 2⁵ x 2³ =
6⁴ x 6⁵ = 6⁹ 7³ x 7² = 7⁵ 2⁵ x 2³ = 2⁸
4⁶ ÷ 4⁵ = 4¹ = 4⁷ ÷ 4⁵ = 7⁷ ÷ 7⁵ =
4⁶ ÷ 4⁵ = 4¹ = 4 4⁷ ÷ 4⁵ = 4² 7⁷ ÷ 7⁵ = 7²
Simplify and solve the following questions.
(6³)² (3⁵)² (8³)³ (7⁴)²
(6³)² = 6 ⁽³ ²⁾
x
(3⁵)² = 3 ⁽⁵ ²⁾
x
(8³)³ = 8 ⁽³ ³⁾
x
(7⁴)² = 7 ⁽⁴ ²⁾
x
= 6⁶ = 3¹⁰ = 8⁹ = 7⁸
= 46656 = 59049 = 134217728 = 5764801
