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Learning Intention Success Criteria

1. We are learning what 1. Understand what indices

indices are and how to are.
{ use our calculator to
deal with calculations
containing indices.
2. Be able you calculator to do
calculations containing
indices.
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an is a short hand way of writing

a x a x a ……. (n factors)
a is called the base number
{ and n is called the index number

Calculate2: x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 = 32

Calculate : 25 = 32
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Write down 5 x 5 x 5 x 5 in indices format. 54

Find the value of the index for each below

{
3x = 27 2x = 64 12x = 144
x=3 x=6 x=2
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Use your calculator to work out the following

103 -(2)8
1000 -256

(-2)8 90
256
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1. Simplify the following fractions :

u 5 a a
(a)  3 (b) 
{ 10 u 2a 2d
2. Factorise 3x  9x 2

3. Factorise x2 +3x +2

4. Simplify 10 27  5 3
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Learning Intention Success Criteria

1. Understand basic rules for

1. We are learning indices.
{ various rules for
indices. 2. Use rules to simplify indices.
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Calculate : 43 x 42 = 1024
Calculate : 45 = 1024

{ Can you spot the connection !

Rule 1
am x an = a(m + n)
simply add powers
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Calculate : 95 ÷ 93 = 81
Calculate : 92 = 81

{ Can you spot the connection !

Rule 2
am ÷ an = a(m - n)
simply subtract powers
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b3 x b 5 = a 3 f4 x g5 =
b8 f g4 5

y9 ÷ y5 = a3 x a0 =
y4

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Simplify the following using indices rules

q3 x q4 e5 x e3 x e-6
q7 e2

3y4 x 5y5 3p8 x 2p2 x 5p-3

15y9 30p 7
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Simplify the following using indices rules

q9 e6
q6 e8

q3 e-2

6d8 15g3h7
2d3 3g5h5
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3d5 5h
g2
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Another Rule

 a = a
5 3 5
 a  a =a
5 5 5+5+5
a 15

{
a 
3 5
= a a a a a
3 3 3 3 3

=a 3+3+3+3+3
a 15

Can you spot the connection !

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More Rules
a5
aaaaa
=
{ =1
a 5
aaaaa
Rule 4
a 5 a0 = 1
=a 5-5
=a 0

a 5
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(b3)0 (c-3)4
1 c-12

(y0)-2 (3d2)2
1 9d4

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More Rules 1
am
a3 aaa 1
= = 2
a 5 { aaaaa a
By the division rule
Rule 5
a3 a-m = 1
=a3-5
=a -2
am
a 5
Write as a positive power
1

u-4 y-3

y3
1
u4

(
-2

(w4)-2
h6 (
h10
What Goes In The Box ?
1
w8
h8
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Learning Intention Success Criteria

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1. Simplify harder fractional

indices.
{ 1. To show how to simplify
harder fractional indices.
 Fractions as Indices

{
4
7 4
x 7 x
 Fractions as Indices

Rule 6
n
{
 a
n
m
m
=a =
m
a
n
 Fractions as Indices

Example : Change to index form

1 1 3 3
  4a 
 
4a -3 -3 2
4 a
2 2
 2a 2

{
Example : Change to surd form
1 1 4 4
 64m 
4 3
 64 m 3 3
 4m 3  4 m 3 4
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n

 
n
m
m
a =a = m
an
Examples

 3

y 
4
{ 8

=y
24
4
=y 6
 

 
3
16 = (2) 3
=8
3
16 4 = 4
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n

 
n
m
m
a =a = m
an
Examples

27
{

=
5
3
1 =
1 1
= 5 =
1
 
5 5
3
27 3 243
27 3