Multiplying & Dividing Powers

This lesson covers:

  1. How to multiply numbers with powers
  2. How divide numbers with powers

When multiplying together two numbers that have the same base, such as: a3 x a5, what do we do?

Add the powers 

Multiply the powers  

Divide the powers

Subtract the powers 

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When dividing two numbers that have the same base, such as: b7 ÷ b3, what do we do?

Multiply the powers  

Divide the powers

Subtract the powers 

Add the powers 

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Calculate b4 x b5

b^9

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Calculate a7 ÷ a2

a^5

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Calculate p2 x p5 x p3

p^{10}

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Calculate the following:

q11÷q3÷q2
q^6

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Calculate the following:

a5×a−3
a^2

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Calculate the following:

p7÷p
p^6

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Calculate the following:

3b2×4b5
12b^7

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Calculate the following:

24a6÷6a4
4a^2

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Calculate the following:

5q2×3q7
15q^9

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Calculate the following:

30q4÷6q7
5q^{-3}

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