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ExponentsDiscovery

Monday,October07,2013 10:54AM

Part1

1. Ilearnedmanythingsfromthislesson.ThefirstthingIlearnedwasthatrepeated multiplicationhelpsyouhaveabetterunderstandingofexponentsandbases.A powerhastwoparts,abase,andanexponent.Ilearnedthatabaseisthenumber gettingmultiplied,andtheexponenttellsyouhowmanyfactorsintherepeated multiplication.Apowerhasthreedifferentformsexponentialform,expandedform (repeatedmultiplication),andstandardform.Tocalculatethepowerofan exponentialnumberyoutakethebasethenxyandthentheexponent,andyouget thepowerofthatexponentialnumber.

2. Whatisabase? Abasecanbeapositiveornegativenumber,anditisnottheexponent. 3. Whatisapower? Apoweristhebaseandanexponenttogether.Itisanexponent. 4. 4.Whatdoesabaseandpower(exponent)tellyoutodo? Thebaseandpower/exponenttellsyoutotakethebasenumber,andmultiplyitby thenumberoftheexponentthatmanytimes. 5. 5.Whatisapowerashortcutto? Apowerisashortcuttowritingouttheequationinexpandedform. 6. 6.Howcouldyouusegeometrytodescribesquaringorcubinganumber? Youcouldusegeometrytodescribeitbecausewhenyouarecubingorsquaringa number,itislikefindingtheareaofashape.

Part2

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Theoperationhappeningtothebaseiswhenyouaddanotherexponentthebaseis doubling. Theoperationhappeningtothebaseisthatwhenyoudecreasetheexponent,you aredividingthebaseinhalf.

Part3

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2x 0 x2 1 X3 X5 X3 X5 X10 Whenyoumultiplysamebases,youaddtheexponentstogetherandtakethebase, forexampleifyouhad52,and52,youwouldaddtheexponentstogetherwhich wouldbe4,andthenaddittothebase,makingit54

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X6 X2 X5 Whendividingsamebases,yousubtractthefirstexponentfromthenextexponent, andyouusethesamebasethatisused.Forexample53/52 wouldbe51 becauseyou subtracttheexponents,andthencarryoverthebase.

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X5 X4 X7 X7 Whenyouraiseabasewithanexponentbyanexponent,youaddthetwoexponents together.Forexampleifyouhad23 and23 youwould addthethreestogethertoget6.Thenyouwouldaddittothebasetoget26.

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