"Why is any number raised to the zero power equal to one?" A good question and an even better answer

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This lesson covers how to simplify negative and zero exponents.

Find a quick, concise explanation of what a zero exponent is. An example is given and clearly explained.

At this site from Oswego City School District, students are shown the basic laws which govern simplifying positive, negative, and zero exponents. Examples are provided during the explanations, and then practice problems (and their...

Students will solve exponential functions with zero and negative exponents. The problems involve the use of reciprocals and graphs.

This instructional activity provides exercises in writing expressions in exponential form, multiplying and dividing powers, and working with zero and negative exponents. A series of challenging word problems are included.

Explains how to add exponents as well as other aspects of exponents including positive and negative exponents, rational exponents, zero exponents, power of power, and division of exponents. Includes practice problems with answers provided.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students learn how to work with exponents that are zero or negative. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional videos...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Use the Zero Product Principle to solve polynomial equations.

This activity will introduce the exponent and division rule, the zero exponent rule, and the negative exponent rule. Students will make a human fraction to discover the division rule for exponents. The lesson will also introduce various...

This comprehensive study guide highlights the main terms and formulas needed to understand properties of exponents. Examples are included.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students simplify exponential expressions that involve negative powers. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional...

Given verbal and symbolic descriptions of problems involving exponents, the student will simplify the expressions using the laws of exponents.

The lesson from WyzAnt begins with a review of the definition of exponents then proceeds to several examples which show the definition in action. Special cases such as those involving negative bases as well as the zero exponent and the...

A wealth of resources for classroom instruction on positive, negative, zero, and fractional exponents. Lessons offer guidelines for evaluating and working with exponents as well as step-by-step solutions to example problems. Practice...

In this exercise, students demonstrate an understanding of exponents. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to get hints and try questions repeatedly.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students learn how to work with exponents that are zero or negative. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional videos...

This site provides students practice with the concept of negative exponents. Students can learn about the topic by completing an interactive tutorial. Students can then take a ten question timed test to practice the skill.

Students learn about the concept of exponents by exploring a tutorial. They can then test their knowledge by taking a ten question assessment that increases in difficulty as they correctly answer questions.

A detailed look at how to simplify expressions with exponents and how to apply the rules for exponents. Lots of examples included. The third page provides an interactive widget to use for simplifying expressions with exponents.

This 2-part tutorial investigates exponents and radicals. Students learn about the concepts through class notes and practice problems. Topics include types of exponents, rational form, and exponential form. Radicals are discussed in Part...

Ecplore powers and roots and how they are inverse of one another.

In this lesson plan on properties of exponents, 8th graders explore the product rule, quotient rule, power rule, zero rule, and one rule related to exponents.

The laws of exponents are presented using expressions containing both positive and negative exponents. Several examples and exercises are given to help practice the concept.