Examples
a m a n a m n
am an amn
Power Law
Evaluate 2 3 2
Simplify 2x
2 3
a
m n
a mn
Class Practice
Answer . [1]
Answer . [1] Answer . [1]
(d)
12 x 2 y 3
4 xy 2
(e) 3x 2 4
3a b
2 3 5
6ab
(f) 2 3
a0 1 50
Zero Indices
Answer . [1]
1 1
Power square root a a
2
25 2
Answer . [1]
1 1
a3 3 a 8 3
Cube Root
Answer . [1]
m 2
Fractional Indices an 125 3
Answer . [2]
31
1
a 1
a
Answer . [1]
2
5
1
a n n
a
Answer . [1]
1
2
a
1
Negative Indices
b 3
b a
Answer . [1]
3
4
5
n n
a b
b a
Answer . [2]
Class Practice
(a) 7
0 (b) 16 2 (c) 125 3
1 3 3
4 2 (e) 4 2
(f) 81 4
(d)
25
1 2 3
3 5 2
(j) (k) (l)
4 3 3
2. Evaluate
1 2 1
(a) 16 2 (b) 8 3 1
(c)
3
Answer . [2]
Answer . [2] Answer . [2]
3 (e) (f)
1 2 1 1 3
(d) 49 5 2 2
5 5
2 2
9
Class Practice
(a) 4 4 4
2 1 0
(b) 7 7 7
2 1 0 (c) 9 0 9 1 9 2
Class Practice
1
(e) 8 y 2 6 (f) 512 5 5 k
(d) x 4
2
t t3
2. If t n , find the value of n .
t
Answer . [3]
Class Practice
(a) 7 7
3 3 (b) 9 9
2 0
(c) 3 4
0 2
Answer . [2] Answer . [2] Answer . [2]
2 1
1
0.22 (e) 2
(d) (f) 25
3
3. Simplify
(a) 3x 3
2
(b) 25 x 2 5 x 4