Logarithms Summary

Logarithms

 

Summary

logarithms, shortened to logs, are indices with special base numbers.

logs can be to base 10 or base e

the properties or laws of logarithms allow manipulation of expressions and equations involving logs and indices.

 

Key Skills

 
  • write a log statement as an index statement
  • write an index statement as a log statement
  • simplify and manipulate expressions involving logs and indices
  • solve equations involving logs and indices

 

Vocabulary

logarithm, base, index, common logarithm, natural logarithms,exponential function, exponent, term.