Exponents Summary

Exponents

 

Summary

4p5 is a short way of writing 4 x p x p x p x p x p. 
the 4 is called the coefficient. 
the p is called the base or variable.
the 5 is called the index, power or exponent.

indices (plural of index) obey certain rules when they are being multiplied and divided.

negative indices involve taking reciprocals.

roots or surds have fractional indices.

 

Key Skills
  • know the rules of indices: multiplying, dividing, index of 1, index of 0,two indices, negative and fractional indices.
  • simplify algebraic expressions involving indices.

 

Vocabulary

indices, index, coefficient, base, variable, power, exponent,reciprocal, surd, root.