POWERS

&
INTEGERS
 WHAT DOES THE TERMS POWERS MEAN IN
MATHS ?

• A POWER IS THE PROCESS OF

MULTIPLYING A NUMBER BY ITSELF.
 EXAMPLES OF POWERS:

THE POWER OF A NUMBER SAYS HOW MANY TIMES

TO USE THE NUMBER IN A MULTIPLICATION.
POWERS ARE ALSO CALLED EXPONENTS OR
INDICES. FOR EXAMPLE, 8^2 COULD BE CALLED “8
TO THE POWER 2” OR “8 TO THE SECOND POWER”,
OR SIMPLY “8 SQUARED”.
HOW CAN POWERS BE USED IN NEW LIFE ?
• TAKING MEASUREMENTS - TAKING MEASUREMENTS AND
CALCULATING MULTI-DIMENSIONAL QUANTITIES.

• WRITING LARGE OR SMALL NUMBERS - SOMETIMES SCIENTISTS

MUST USE EXCEPTIONALLY LARGE OR SMALL NUMBERS. SCIENTIFIC
NOTATION RELIES ON EXPONENTS TO WRITE THESE NUMBERS IN A
SIMPLER WAY. 
• SCIENTIFIC SCALES-ANY TIME THAT A SCIENTIFIC FIELD USES A SCALE,
LIKE THE PH SCALE OR THE RICHTER SCALE, YOU CAN BET YOU WILL FIND
EXPONENTS.
 WHAT DOES THE TERM INTEGERS MEAN IN
MATHS ?

• INTEGER, WHOLE-VALUED POSITIVE
OR NEGATIVE NUMBER OR 0
 EXAMPLES OF INTEGERS

• NEGATIVE : -1 , -2 , -3 , -4 , -5 …
• NON NEGATIVE : 0 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 …
• POSITIVE : 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 …
• ZERO : 0 ALL BY ITSELF
HOW CAN INTEGERS BE USED IN NEW LIFE ?
• TEMPERATURE - THIS IS ALWAYS ABOVE OR BELOW 0 E.G: -2 OR 23
• GOLF – IN GOLF, THERE IS A PAR. YOU CAN EITHER GET BELOW PAR
LIKE -2 OR ABOVE PAR LIKE +8

• AD & BC – THIS IS REPRESENTED THROUGH THE USE OF A

TIMELINE E.G: +100 AD OR -100BC