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Family Letter
Section A
Dear Family,
Exponents
Vocabulary
These are the math words
we are learning:
base a number that is
used as a factor in a
power
exponent a number that
represents how many
times the base will be
used as a factor in a
power
exponential form a
number written as a base
and an exponent
power a number
produced by raising a
base to an exponent
scientific notation
a shorthand way of writing
very large or very small
numbers using powers
of 10
Evaluate 43.
43 4 4 4
64
When evaluating expressions with exponents, remind your
child to follow the order of operations.
As your child becomes familiar with writing and expressing
exponents, he or she will learn how to apply exponent
properties. There are important relationships that exist between
exponents and the operations of multiplication and division. Your
child will learn how to multiply and divide powers with the same
base by using some of these basic properties of exponents.
Multiplying
When multiplying powers with the same base, keep the base
constant and add the exponents.
Dividing
When dividing powers with the same base, keep the base
constant and subtract the exponents.
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Family Letter
Section A, continued
When multiplying or dividing powers with the same base it is
important to remember not to multiply or divide the bases. This
property only applies when bases are the same. Powers with
unlike bases cannot be combined using the two properties
shown in the examples.
A special case occurs when the bases are the same and the
difference in the exponents is zero. The zero power of any
number, except zero, will always equal 1. For example, 50 1.
Since it is possible to have a sum or difference that is a
negative number, your child will learn how to evaluate
expressions with negative exponents. A number raised to a
negative exponent equals 1 divided by that number raised to
the opposite of the exponent. This is how your child will learn to
evaluate expressions with negative exponents.
Evaluate.
54
56
52
1
52
1
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Sincerely,
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Name
CHAPTER
Date
Class
Family Letter
Exponents
2. 3 3 3 3 3 3
3. 9 9
4. t t t
6. (3)4
7. 64
8. (1)9
Evaluate.
5. 43
Simplify.
9. (2 43)
11. 25 (8 43)
15. 82 87
16. k 8 k 2
14. 53 56
5
17. 4
5
12
r
18. 6
r
p8
p
8
19.
6
20. 4
23. 108
24. 101
Evaluate.
25. 33
22. 106
6
26. 5
4
27. 3
28. 74 75
31. 0.0015
27. 16 28. 7 29. 9.63 106 30. 0.000027 31. 1.5 103
1
1
1
26.
15. 89 16. k10 17. 52 18. r 19. 86 20. p4 21. 0.001 22. 0.000001 23. 0.00000001 24. 0.1 25.
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Answers: 1. (4)3 2. 36 3. 92 4. t 3 5. 64 6. 81 7. 1296 8. 1 9. 66 10. 18 11. 537 12. 37 13. 67 14. 59
Copyright by Holt, Rinehart and Winston.
All rights reserved.
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Name
Date
CHAPTER
Class
Family Fun
Match It Up!
Directions
Using the numbers in the right-hand column, make the number sentences
true in the left-hand column. You may use some numbers more than one
time and some numbers not at all. See how well you can match up the
correct answers to the number sentences.
Number Sentences
x equals
1. 3x 9
0
10
5
3. x12 1
x
2
2
4. 8 8 8
5. x4 10,000
3
4
7
6. x 49
7
1
x
7. 0.001 10
8. 5x 625
3
9. 12 24 x 1
2
10. 6x 63 36
6
4
15
11. x 1
1
15
1
10x
12.
10,000
10
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