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Lesson 1: Integers and Numbers
11 Raising to a Power < Back | Next >
Let’s first look at how to raise an exponent to a power.
Example

As an example let’s use the following:

(52)3 = 52 x 52 x 52

Base don the rules we use din the multiplication examples earlier we can see that this will result in 56. We could have also done this by the following:

(52)3= 52 x 3 = 56

Now let’s raise a product to a power. Here is our example:

(6 x 3)2

To solve this problem we raise each number inside the brackets to the power and than multiply them together.

(6 x 3)2 = 62 x 32 = 324

When we are raising a quotient to a power we can solve it in a similar manner. Here is an example:

(4/5)3 = 43/53 = 0.512

Remember we can only add or subtract terms which have like terms.

LESSON 1
1 Introduction to Numbers
2 Integers & Whole Numbers
3 Add & Subtract Integers
4 Multiplication of Integers
5 Integer Division
6 Properties of Numbers
7 Types of Real Numbers
8 Order of Operations
9 Roots and Powers
10 Multiply/Divide Exponents
11 Raising to a Power
12 Roots and Radicals
13 Scientific Notation & Approx
14 Accuracy & Precision
15 Operations w/ Approximate
16 Scientific Notation
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