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Exponents Discovery

This document discusses exponents and their properties. It is presented in three parts: Part One defines the key terms of a base, power/exponent, and coefficient number. It explains the three forms exponents can take: exponential, expanded, and standard form. Part Two provides examples of exponents from 2^-4 to 2^4 and their values. It discusses how changing the exponent affects the value by multiplying or dividing the base by itself. Part Three works through examples of algebraic operations involving exponents, such as multiplying x^2 * x^3 = x^5. It summarizes the rules for multiplying, dividing, and raising exponents.

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Exponents Discovery

This document discusses exponents and their properties. It is presented in three parts: Part One defines the key terms of a base, power/exponent, and coefficient number. It explains the three forms exponents can take: exponential, expanded, and standard form. Part Two provides examples of exponents from 2^-4 to 2^4 and their values. It discusses how changing the exponent affects the value by multiplying or dividing the base by itself. Part Three works through examples of algebraic operations involving exponents, such as multiplying x^2 * x^3 = x^5. It summarizes the rules for multiplying, dividing, and raising exponents.

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Exponents

Discovery Part Two


Thursday,October10,2013 2:55PM

Part One: The Exponents Discovery has taught me what is a base, a power, and a coefficient number. A base is the factor that is being multiplied. A power exponent shows how many times the factor is being multiplied by itself. I also learned that there are three different forms that numbers could be written as. A coefficient number is the constant number that is written before the base. The three forms that a number can be written as are; exponential, expanded, and standard form. Exponential form is written with a base and a power like this; 34. The expanded form of 34 is the same as three multiplied by itself four times, so it is written like this; 3*3*3*3. The standard form of a number is the answer, so the standard form of 34 is 81. 1. A base is the factor that is being multiplied. 2. A power exponent shows how many times the factor is being multiplied by itself. 3. A base and a power tells you how many times the base should be multiplied by itself based on the number of the power. 4. A power is a shortcut to repeated multiplication of the base. 5. You could use geometry to describe squaring and cubing a number because if you were trying to figure out what four to the second power is then you could draw a square that is four by four and then count all of the blocks that make up the square. Here is an example of how geometry could help when figuring out exponents:

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Part Two: Base Exponent Meaning 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 2*2*2*2 2*2*2 2*2 2 1 1/2 1/2*1/2 1/2*1/2*1/2 Value 16 8 4 2 1 1/2 1/4 1/8

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

1. When you increase the exponent of a number, the base is being multiplied by itself that many more times. For an example; 2 to the fourth power is the same as 2*2*2*2, which is 16. 2. When you decrease the exponent of a number, the base is being divided by itself. For an example; we know that 2 to the fourth power is 16, so 2 to the third power is 8. The reason why is because 16 divided by 2 is 8. 3. Yes, the pattern does work because as the exponent increases. The reason why is because the value of the base and the exponent is always going to be the product of the value multiplied by the base. 4. Yes, the pattern does work because as the exponent decreases . The reason why is because the value of the base and the exponent is always going to the quotient of the value divided by the base. Part Three: 1. What do you get when you add x and x? 2x 2. What do you get when you subtract x and x? 0 3. What do you get when you multiply x by x? x2 4. What do you get when divide x by x? 1 5. What do you get when you multiply x by x by x? x3

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6. What about x by x by x by x by x? x5 7. What do you get when you multiply x^2 by x? x3 8. What about x^2 by x^3? x5 9. What about x^4 by x^6? x10 10. When you multiply the same bases, add the exponents and keep the same base. 11. What do you get when you divide x by x? 1 12. What do you get when you multiply x^2 by x? x3 13. What about x^4 by x^2? x6 14. What do you get when you divide x^5 by x^3? x2 15. What about x^6 by x? x5 16. When you divide the same bases, subtract the exponents and keep the same base. 17. What do you get when you square x^3? x6 18. What do you get when you square x^4? x8 19. What do you get when you cube x^2? x6 20. What do you get when you raise x^3 to the fourth power? x12 21. What do you get when you raise x^2 to the fifth power? x10 22. When you raise a base with an exponent by an exponent, you multiply the exponent and keep the same base.

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