POD To change your answer from a decimal to a fraction on your calculator, follow these steps: 1.

Put the expression that you want to solve in your calculator and press =. 2. Press the 2nd button. 3. Press the button that says PRB (above this button in blue it says F < > D) 4. Press = and voila! Your answer is now in fraction form! Using your calculator, solve the following problems: 1. ______________ What is your answer in fraction form? __________ 2. ______________ What is your answer in fraction form? __________

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What is your answer in fraction form? ___________ 4. What relationship do you see between the exponent and the fraction form? ______________________________________________________________ Need some help seeing the relationship? Solve the following problems:

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So, what relationship do you see? (Fill in the line for number 4)