Name: Date: Period: Topic: Zero & Negative Exponents Essential Question: How can you extend the use exponents to include zero and negative exponents? Warm-Up:

Name: Date:Period:Topic: Zero & Negative ExponentsEssential Question: How can you extend the use exponents to include zero and negative exponents?

• Warm-Up:

Mix-Review1. Describe the slope of parallel & perpendicular

lines.

2. For the following inequality, y ≤ 2x + 5, in what quadrant would you find the solution? Explain.

3. What are some methods you can use to solve system of equations problems? Explain

Vocabulary:

Zero Exponent – For any nonzero number a, a0 = 1

Negative Exponent – For any nonzero number a with a negative exponents n, a-n = 1/an

Simplifying Powers with Zero and Negative Exponents

Check Point

Evaluate the following expressions.

A . B . 1

4

-33 2

A . 31

31

9

22

B . 1

44

64

33

Rewrite the following expressions using positive exponents.

Solutions

A . B . a

b

-3

-55 4x

A . 5 51

5

44

4

xx

x

B . a

b ab

b

a

3

5 35

5

3

1

1) Evaluate the following expressions.

A . - B . C . D . E . 3

5

3

29 9 4

1

312

0

34 7 2 2

20

2) Rewrite the following expressions with positive exponents.

A . B . C . D . E . y cs

ra x

6 4

3

23 1 4

72

5 3( )

A .

3

51

0

B .

3

23 2

3 8

24

33

D .

4 4

4

256

2 2 2 2

4

E .

1

312 3 1

9

20 2

= 27

A . yy

66

1

B .

7 71

7

44

4

cc

c

C . 2

2

2

3

23 2

3 2

s

rs r

s r

D . 51

5

1

125

33

3

aa

a

E .

3 3

1

3

81

1 4 4 1 4

44

4

x x

x

x

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