Zero and Negative Exponents

Simplify: 3 4 22a b a b

Simplify: 3 56 2xy x y

Simplify: 7 4 810 3x y x y

Simplify: 6 2 3 104 6x y x y

Try toSimplify: 8 9 66 3x y x y

Try toSimplify: 4 7 2 1012 2x y x y

Simplify: 4 3c cx x

Simplify: 2d dx y x y

What about….

31 21

41 51

61 71

1 even 1 odd

Simplify:33( )

Simplify: 32p

Simplify: 45x y

Simplify: 28 3x p

Simplify: 54 3x y

Try: 42 6x y

Try: 73x y

Try: 542p

Zero Exponents:

Position NameTen

ThousandsThousands Hundreds Tens Units

Decimal Form 10,000 1000 100 10 1

Power of 10 104 103 102 101 100

m

m

x

x 0x

Simplify: 042p

Simplify: 03

Negative Exponents:

Position Name Hundreds Tens Units Tenths Hundredths

Decimal Form 100 10 1 0.1 0.01

Power of 10 102 101 100 10-1 10-2

1mm

xx

Simplify: 3x

Simplify: 4

1

x

Simplify:

3

5

x

y

Simplify:4

3

m

n

Simplify: 34x

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