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Expanding and Evaluating Exponential Notation (Example)
What do exponential expressions and lungs have in common? They both can expand and contract! A short video lesson shows how to expand exponential expressions. Examples include those with and without parentheses.
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Properties of Exponents
Exponents can be powerful! A thorough video lesson explains all of the properties of exponents. The video instructor provides both general and specific examples of each property.
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A Discussion: Zero to the Power of Zero - 0^0
What's the value of 0^0? It turns out that there's a bit of controversy. A short YouTube video describes different interpretations of the value of the expression. It shows the case for 0^0 being undefined and the case for 0^0 being equal...
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Exponential Notation
Exponents can be powerful, if only you know how to use them. A short YouTube video describes how to use exponential notation to represent repeated multiplication. It also shows how to evaluate or simplify exponential expressions.
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Write Repeated Multiplication Using Exponents (Example)
Strengthen your classes' understanding of an exponent before tackling its properties. A quick video lesson reviews the role of an exponent by rewriting expressions with repeated multiplication. Learners watch as the instructor explains...
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Zero Exponent Property (Example)
Zero in on a commonly mistaken property. The video instructor shows several examples of expressions raised to the power of zero. Each example incorporates a different exponent property and highlights common misconceptions.
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The Zero Exponent
Why does an exponent of zero result in a value of one? Give your classes a concrete explanation for this property that many struggle to remember. A video lesson provides an explanation and provides examples of exponential expressions...
Socratica
Using Scientific Notation
Scientists and engineers in every field use scientific notation. The Socratica video explains what scientific notation is and why people use it. Then, it offers examples of how to convert a number into and out of scientific notation....
Krista King Math
Derivative of x^x
Use this trick to find the derivative of x raised to the x power. The video shows how to find a complicated derivative by rewriting the function using properties of logarithms. After rewriting the function, the derivative is simply...
Krista King Math
Quotient Rule
It takes a few more steps than just dividing. Given a function that is the quotient of two other functions, the resource finds the derivative. The seventh video in a series of 31 introduces the quotient rule to find derivatives. The...
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Power Rule for Derivatives
Find shortcuts to finding derivatives. The resource introduces the power rule for finding the derivatives of polynomial functions. The fourth video in a series of 31 starts by applying the rule to monomials and then shows how to combine...
FuseSchool
Laws of Indices—Part 1
Index the rules of exponents. The British resource presents the laws of exponents for multiplication, division, raising a power to a power, and raising to the power of zero. Explanations demonstrate why the rules work.
Math Antics
Exponents in Algebra
The rules still hold. By reviewing the meaning of exponents in arithmetic, the video takes a look at exponents in algebra. The resource develops the meaning of any number raised to the zero power. Taking the idea of exponents further,...
MinutePhysics
The Order of Operations is Wrong
PEMDAS is not all that it is cracked up to be. The short video provides an argument that the order of operations may not be instructionally sound. The presentation shows that understanding the concepts and properties of mathematics...
3Blue1Brown
Triangle of Power
Get to the point! An absorbing video introduces some new notation for exponents, logarithms, and radicals using the three points of a triangle. It explains how to use this notation and how it is more intuitive than the accepted notation...
Mathed Up!
Using a Calculator
Here's a video that presents several numerical expressions to be evaluated using a calculator.Viewers come to realize that sometimes it is not just a matter of punching in the numbers, but they also need to be concerned about how...
Krista King Math
Zero as an Exponent
Is a zero exponent the same as having no exponent? Viewers learn how to deal with zero exponents by watching a video. They also watch a brief justification for why x^0 = 1.
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Exponents of Negative Bases
How do you deal with a negative base? In the video, viewers learn how to simplify exponential expressions with negative bases. The video also shows how to distinguish between –a^b and (–a)^b.
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Quotient Rule for Exponents
Introduce the Quotient Rule for exponents with a video that models how to divide powers. The instructor works through five examples with variable bases to cover the concept.
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Like Terms, Multiplication and Division
Introduce the class to simplifying algebraic expression using multiplication and division. Showing the connection of the rules for exponents between numerical expressions and algebraic expressions, the video works several examples...
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Like Terms, Addition and Subtraction
It is not good enough to have the same variable, they must have the same exponents too. The video introduces the class to like terms, while giving the definition of like terms and providing examples of combining like terms through addition.
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Exponents, Powers of Fractions
Powers of fractions or fractions of powers? A video teaches young mathematicians about simplifying expressions with powers of fractions by rewriting powers of fractions as fractions of powers.
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Power Rule for Exponents
Discover the power to simplify expressions. Viewers learn how to simplify expressions involving powers of exponents. The video covers five examples of this type of problem.
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Rules of Exponents
Explore all the rules of exponents in one place. As learners watch the video lesson, they see the different types of power expressions and learn how to simplify. The instructor discusses the process and then demonstrates the rule....