Transcript Negative and Zero Exponents

Negative and Zero
Exponents
Find the Pattern
Exponent
Form
Standard
form
24
16
23
8
22
4
21
2
20
2-1
Rule?
Complete the
table.
Find the Pattern
Exponent
Form
Standard
form
24
16
23
8
1/2
previous
22
4
1/2
previous
21
2
1/2
previous
20
2-1
Rule?
Find the Pattern
Exponent
Form
Standard
form
24
16
23
8
1/2
previous
22
4
1/2
previous
21
2
1/2
previous
20
1
1/2
previous
2-1
Rule?
1/2
previous
Find the Pattern
Exponent
Form
Standard
form
24
16
23
8
1/2
previous
22
4
1/2
previous
21
2
1/2
previous
20
1
1/2
previous
2-1
1/2
1/2
previous
Rule?
What do you
think 2-2 would
be?
1/4
Solve
2-3
1/8
4-2
1/16
5-5
1/3,125
6-2
1/36
Basically, turn
into Standard
Form using the
positive
exponent and
then make it
the
denominator of
the fraction.
Zero Power?
Look back. What happened to in 20?
That’s right. ANYTHING to the zero power is 1.
Math is FUN!
Anything to the Zero
Power is One.
Practice
1
2 
8
3
4
3
2
3
7
0
5
3
0
7
Questions?
Tomorrow – Add, Subtract, Multiply, and
Divide Exponents