Monday, October 08, 2012 10:43 AM

Section 1: I have learned that when you have exponents, you multiply the digit by itself for however much the exponent is. A base is the number being multiplied by the exponent and the exponent is the number of times the base is multiplied by itself. the exponent tells you how many times the base is multiplied and the base tells you what the number is that you are going to be multiplying with. Section 2:

Start with 2 to the first power. As you increase the exponent, what operation is happening to the base? The operation is multiplication. Starting with the exponent of 4, as you decrease each exponent, what operation is happening to the base? The operation is division. 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. Continue with this pattern to fill out the rest of the table. Double check your table. Does the pattern work from 2^-4 to 2^4 as the exponent increases each time? Yes it does. Does the pattern work from 2^4 to 2^-4 as the exponent increases each time? It doubles either negatively or positively. Section 3:

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What do you get when you add x by x? You get 2x What do you get when you subtract x by x? you get 0 What do you get when you multiply x by x? you get x2 What do you get when you divide x by x? you get 1 or x^0 What do you get when you multiply x by x by x? you get x^3 What about x by x by x by x by x? you get x5 What do you get when you multiply x^2 by x? you get x3 What about x^2 by x^3? you get x5 What about x^4 by x^6? you get x10 Come up with a rule that explains what happens when you multiply same bases. When you multiply the same bases together, you get however many of those bases there are and that is the exponent. What do you get when you divide x by x? you get 1 What do you get when you multiply x^2 by x? you get x^3 What about x^4 by x^2? you get x6 What do you get when you divide x^5 by x^3? you get x2

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14. What do you get when you divide x^5 by x^3? you get x2 15. What about x^6 by x? you get x5 16. Come up with a rule that explains what happens when you divide same bases. When you divide the same bases together, you get the same thing as subtracting the numbers would get you. 17. What do you get when you square x^3? you get x5 18. What do you get when you square x^4? you get x6 19. What do you get when you cube x^2? you get x5 20. What do you get when you raise x^3 to the fourth power? you get x7 21. What do you get when you raise x^2 to the fifth power? you get x7 22. Come up with a rule that explains what happens when you raise a base with an exponent by an exponent. When you raise a base with an exponent by an exponent, you get the same thing as adding the numbers would get you.

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