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Lesson 1: Exponential Notation

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means

and

means

You have seen this kind of notation before: it is called exponential notation. In general, for any number and any
positive integer ,

The number

is called raised to the

th

power, where is the exponent of in

and is the base of

Exercise 1

Exercise 6

Exercise 2

Exercise 7

Exercise 3

Exercise 8

Exercise 4

Exercise 9

Exercise 5

Exercise 10

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Exercise 11

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Will these products be positive or negative? How do you know?

Exercise 12
Is it necessary to do all of the calculations to determine the sign of the product? Why or why not?

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Exercise 13

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Fill in the blanks about whether the number is positive or negative.

If is a positive even number, then

is __________________________.

If is a positive odd number, then

is __________________________.

Exercise 14
Josie says that

. Is she correct? How do you know?

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Problem Set

1.

Use what you know about exponential notation to complete the expressions below.

2.

Write an expression with (

) as its base that will produce a positive product.

3.

Write an expression with (

) as its base that will produce a negative product.

4.

Rewrite each number in exponential notation using as the base.

5.

Tim wrote

as

Is he correct?

6.

Could

be used as a base to rewrite

? Why or why not?

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