How Do You Evaluate Negative Exponents?

How Do You Evaluate Negative Exponents?

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Knowing how to get rid of negative exponents is key to fully simplifying an expression. Get some practice working with negative exponents by watching this tutorial!

Keywords:

  • problem
  • negative
  • exponents
  • evaluate
  • numbers

Background Tutorials

  • Fractions

      • What's a Numerator and What's A Denominator?What's a Numerator and What's A Denominator?

      What's a Numerator and What's A Denominator?

      Numerators and denominators are the key ingredients that make fractions, so if you want to work with fractions, you have to know what numerators and denominators are. Lucky for you, this tutorial will teach you some great tricks for remembering what numerators and denominators are all about.

  • Rules of Exponents

      • What are Exponents?What are Exponents?

      What are Exponents?

      Did you know that another word for 'exponent' is 'power'? To learn the meaning of these words and to see some special cases involving exponents, check out this tutorial!

  • Working with Exponents

      • How Do You Evaluate an Exponent?How Do You Evaluate an Exponent?

      How Do You Evaluate an Exponent?

      Exponents just indicate repeated multiplication. Watch this tutorial to see how you can evaluate an exponent by first writing it in expanded form. Take a look!

  • Negative and Zero Exponents

      • What Do You Do With a Negative Exponent?What Do You Do With a Negative Exponent?

      What Do You Do With a Negative Exponent?

      Do you ever panic when you see a negative number in the exponent of some mathematical expression? Well if you do, then panic no more! This tutorial will help you overcome your fear, and will help you understand what negative exponents actually mean :)

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