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Videos, worksheets, stories and songs to help Grade 6 students learn how to evaluate positive, zero and negative exponents.
Exponents
The following diagram shows the pattern when the power of an exponent is reduced by 1. It also gives an idea why a-b = 1/ab and why a0 = 1. Scroll down the page for the video that will explain this further.
Exponent Worksheets
Practice your math skills with the following exponent worksheets.
Online & Printable Exponent Worksheets
Positive and Negative Exponents
Positive exponents are easy, but what happens when you have zero for the exponent? Or even worse, a negative number?
Pattern for zero and negative exponents
Example:
53 = 5 • 5 • 5
52 = 5 • 5
51 = 5
50 = 1
5-1 = 1/5
5-2 = 1/52
5-3 = 1/53
Zero and negative exponent properties
Zero Exponent Property
Any quantity raised to the zero power equals 1.
Negative Exponent Property
a-n = the reciprocal of an
a-n = 1/an
Definitions, covers negative exponents and zero as an exponent
Negative Exponent Intuition
Intuition on why a-b = 1/ab (and why a0 = 1)
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