Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION V
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF SORSOGON

ACTIVITY SHEET IN MATHEMATICS

Grade: 9 Week: 3 Quarter: 2

I. Objective: The learner

1. applies the laws involving positive integral exponents to zero and negative integral exponents.
(M9AL-IId-1)
2. simplifies expressions with rational exponents. (M9AL-IIe-1)
3. writes expressions with rational exponents as radicals and vice versa. (M9AL-IIf-1)

II. Input/Discussion:
LAWS OF EXPONENTS

Product of Powers: 𝒂𝒎 ● 𝒂𝒏 = 𝒂𝒎+𝒏 4

𝑎5 4 2 12 10 2
Ex: 𝑥 2 ∙ 𝑥 2 = 𝑥 2+2 2 = 𝑎5−3 = 𝑎15−15 = 𝑎15
2 3 2 3 5 𝑎 3
(25 ) (25 ) = 25+5 = 25 = 21 = 2 𝒂𝒎 𝟏
Case 2: = if m<n
2 3 2 3 8 15 23 𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒏−𝒎
+ +
(𝑏 ) (𝑏 ) = 𝑏
5 4 5 4 =𝑏 20 20 =𝑏 20

𝑝3 1 1
Ex: = =
𝑝5 𝑝5−3 𝑝2
Power of a Power: = (𝒂𝒎 )𝒏 𝒂𝒎𝒏 1
2 3 2(3) 6 𝑑2 1 1 1
Ex: (𝑎 ) = 𝑎 =𝑎 2 = 2 1 = 4 3 = 1
− −
1 𝑑3 𝑑3 2 𝑑6 6 𝑑6
2 5 2 1 2
( ) 𝒂𝒎
(𝑥 ) = 𝑥
5 5 5 =𝑥 25 Case 3: = 𝟏 if m=n
𝒂𝒏
𝑐4
Ex: = 1
𝑐4
Power of a Product: (𝒂𝒎 𝒃𝒏 )𝒑 = 𝒂𝒎𝒑 𝒃𝒏𝒑 3
𝑒5
3 =1
Ex: (𝑥𝑦)2 = 𝑥 1(2) 𝑦 1(2) = 𝑥 2 𝑦 2 𝑒5
1 Zero Exponent:
1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1
( ) ( )
(𝑥 𝑦 ) = 𝑥
2 3 2 3 𝑦 3 3 =𝑥 𝑦 6 9 Applying Quotient of Powers (case 1 and case 3)
𝑎3 𝑎3
Power of a Quotient: (
𝒂𝒎 𝒑
) =
𝒂𝒎𝒑 If = 𝑎3−3 = 𝑎0 and =1
𝑎3 𝑎3
𝒃𝒏 𝒃𝒏𝒑
4 then 𝒂𝟎 = 𝟏
𝑦3 𝑦 3(4) 𝑦 12
Ex: ( 2)
𝑥
=
𝑥 2(4)
=
𝑥8
Ex: 𝑛0 = 1
1
1
1 1 1
4𝑓 0 = 4(1) = 4
2 ( )
𝑎5 𝑎5 2 𝑎10
( 1) = 1 1 = 1 𝟏
𝑏3
( )
𝑏3 2 𝑏6 Negative Exponent: 𝒂−𝒏 =
𝒂𝒏
Quotient of Powers: Applying Quotient of Powers (case 1 and case 2)
𝒂𝒎
Case 1: = 𝒂𝒎−𝒏 if m>n If
𝑎2
= 𝑎2−5 = 𝑎−3 and
𝑎2
=
1
=
1
𝒂𝒏
𝑎5 𝑎5 𝑎5−2 𝑎3
𝑦3
Ex: = 𝑦 3−2 = 𝑦 then 𝒂−𝟑 =
𝟏
𝑦2 𝒂𝟑
4 1
𝑎5 4 2
−
2 Ex: 𝑏 −5 =
=𝑎 5 5 =𝑎 5 𝑏5
2
5
𝑎5 2
2𝑐 −8 = 5
𝑐8
 Writing Expressions with Rational Exponents as Radicals and Vice versa

Illustrative Examples
Writing Expressions with Rational Exponents as Radicals Writing Radicals as Expressions with Rational Exponents
2 3 3 3 2 3
33 √32 √9 √32 33 √9

3 5 3 4 4 3
(2𝑛)5 √(2𝑛)3 √8𝑛3 √8𝑛6 √23 𝑛3(2) (2𝑛2 )4
3 4 4 1 5
54 √53 √125 √6𝑥 5 62 𝑥 2
1 1 2
2 3
3 √𝑏 2 5−3
3𝑏 3 3
√5
2
53
2 3 9
3 3 3 32 √ 2 3
( 2) √ 4𝑝 527 533 35
2𝑝 (2𝑝 2 )2 √ √ 3
64 43 45
1
(𝑥 2 + 3) 3 1 1

1
(𝑥 2 + 3)3 (𝑥 2 − 3)3
−3
(𝑥 2 − 3)

3
√𝑥 4 − 9

III. Practice Task:

2
A. Simplify the following B. 1. Write (4𝑚)3 as radical expression.
1
1. (16𝑥 2 𝑦 4 )2 2. Express √𝑐 3 𝑑 5 to an expression with rational exponent/s
2 −2
2. ( )
5
3. –(m + a + t + h)0
.
IV. Evaluation:
Choose the letter of the best answer. (Show your solutions.)
1. What is the result of 𝑎0 + 2𝑏 0 + 3𝑐 0 ?
𝟏 𝟏
a.𝟔 b. c. −𝟔 d. −
𝟔 𝟔
1
2. What is the simplest form of(8𝑎3 𝑏 6 )3
a.𝟐𝒂𝒃𝟐 b. 𝟐𝒂𝟐 𝒃 c. 𝟐𝒂𝟐 𝒃𝟐 d. 𝟐𝒂𝒃
3
3. What expression is equivalent to √42 ?
𝟑 𝟐 𝟑 𝟒
a.𝟒𝟐 b. 𝟒𝟑 c. 𝟐𝟒 d. 𝟐𝟑
4. Which of the expressions is equal to 16?
𝟓 𝟑 𝟑 𝟑 𝟒
a. √𝟐𝟓 b. √𝟐𝟕𝟐 c. √𝟒𝟑 d. ( √𝟖)
5. What is the equivalent expression of √4𝑦 2 with rational exponent?
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
a.(𝟐𝒚)𝟐 b. (𝟒𝒚)𝟐 c. (𝟒𝒚𝟐 )𝟐 d. (𝟒𝟐 𝒚𝟐 )𝟐

Answer Key (Practice Task)

2 25
A. 1. 4𝑥𝑦 2. 3. −1
4
1
3
B. 1. √(4𝑚)2 2. (𝑐 3 𝑑 5 )2