Roots? Laws of Indices Powers?

If a is squared to give us b, then we can When we say “a to the power of…”, we

a2 = a x a 32 = 3 x 3 = 9
say that a is the square root of b. are describing how many times a is
If a2 = b, then √𝒃 = a a3 = a x a x a 23 = 2 x 2 x 2 = 8 multiplied by itself.

a0 = 1 1450 = 1 “a to the power of 3”

Means “a x a x a”
𝒂𝒎 × 𝒂𝒏 = 𝒂𝒎+𝒏 a3 x a5 = a8
Which is written as a3
𝒂𝒎 ÷ 𝒂𝒏 = 𝒂𝒎−𝒏 a7 ÷ a5 = a2
This is also spoken as “a cubed”, whereas
(𝒂𝒎 )𝒏 = 𝒂𝒎𝒏 (a3)2 = a6 a2 is spoken as “a squared”
𝟏 1 3
𝒂−𝒎 = a-2 =
𝒂𝒎 𝑎2
𝟏 𝟏 3 2 2
Similarly, if a is cubed to give us b, then 𝟏
*𝒂 ×𝒂 =𝒂
𝟐 𝟐
we can say that a is the cube root of b. 2
𝟏 𝟏
𝟑
If a3 = b, then ∛𝒃 = a * 𝒂 = √𝒂
𝟐 & 𝒂 = √𝒂
𝟑 etc… 3x3=9 2x2x2=8

Test Yourself! 7. 6-2 =

Standard Form INDICES, 1. 122 = 8. One side of a cube has the length
ROOTS, AND 4cm. what is the volume of the cube?
Standard form is written in the form of “ a x 10n “ 2. √64 = ____________
where a is a number bigger than or equal to 1 and STANDARD 9. A piece of paper has the width a2 and
3. 82 + 33 =
less than 10. FORM the length 2a2. What is the area of
4. (32)2 = the paper, written algebraically?
n can be any positive or negative whole number,
and represents a shift in the decimal place. 5. ∛125 = ____________

For example: 6. 58 ÷ 56 = 9* If a had a value of (22 + 50), what

Remember! would the area of the paper be
4x 104 = 40,000 Remember! numerically? ____________
(+) ÷ (+) = (+)
3.5 x 103 = 3500 (+) x (+) = (+)
(+) ÷ (-) = (-) 10. Write 12,000,000 in SF:
2.45 x 10-3 = 0.00245 (+) x (-) = (-)
(-) ÷ (+) = (-) 11. Write 134,000 in SF:
265,800 = 2.658 x 105 (-) x (-) = +
(-) ÷ (-) = + 12. Write 0.00005487 in SF:
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