Name: ______________________

Index Laws Investigation No.1

Multiplying
Aim: To discover the rule for simplifying multiplications of numbers with powers eg. ×

Instructions: Expand each question and then simplify into index form
Question Expanded Form Index Form
× × × × × × ×

2 × 4 2× × × × × × 4× × 8

15 × 15

5 × 5

2 ×

2 × 3

5 × 4

Questions
1. In words, can explain the shortcut between the ‘Question’ column and the ‘Index Form’
column?

2. Complete the following rule: × = _______

3. Complete the following questions without expanding, just use the shortcut!
(a) 2 × 2 (b) × (c) 2 ×
 Name: ______________________

Index Laws Investigation No.1

Multiplying
Aim: To discover the rule for simplifying multiplications of numbers with powers eg. ×

Instructions: Expand each question and then simplify into index form
Question Expanded Form Index Form
× × × × × × ×

2 × 4 2× × × × × × 4× × 8

× × × × ×

15 × 15 15 × 15 × 15 × 15 × 15 × 15 15

5 × 5 5×5 × 5×5 5

× × ×

2 × 2× × × × × × × × × 2
×

2 × 3 2× × × × × × 3× × × × 6
× × × ×

5 × 4 5× × × × 4× × 20

Questions
1. In words, can explain the shortcut between the ‘Question’ column and the ‘Index Form’
column?

ℎ ℎ . ℎ ℎ .
ℎ ℎ , ℎ

2. Complete the following rule: × =

3. Complete the following questions without expanding, just use the shortcut!
(a) 2 × 2 (b) × (c) 2 ×

2 2