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Laws of Positive Integral Indices: Name: - Class

This document discusses laws of positive integral indices for simplifying expressions involving exponents. Some key points are: 1) If a, b ≠ 0 and m and n are positive integers, then am × an = am+n, am ÷ an = a(m-n) if m > n or a(n-m) if m < n, (am)n = am×n, (ab)n = anbn, (a/b)n = an/bn. 2) Several examples are given of simplifying expressions using these laws, such as (2b4)5, (3y)2 × (2y)3, (-6r)2 ×

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Laws of Positive Integral Indices: Name: - Class

This document discusses laws of positive integral indices for simplifying expressions involving exponents. Some key points are: 1) If a, b ≠ 0 and m and n are positive integers, then am × an = am+n, am ÷ an = a(m-n) if m > n or a(n-m) if m < n, (am)n = am×n, (ab)n = anbn, (a/b)n = an/bn. 2) Several examples are given of simplifying expressions using these laws, such as (2b4)5, (3y)2 × (2y)3, (-6r)2 ×

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8 Laws of Integral Indices

Laws of Positive Integral Indices

Name: _________________________ Class: _______ ( )

Key Points
If a, b≠0 and both m and n are positive integers, then
am  1 
(i) am  an = am+n (ii) am  an = n
= a m−n when m > n  or n−m when m  n 
a  a 
n
a an
(iii) (a m ) n = a mn (iv) (ab)n = a nbn (v)   = n
b b

Simplify the following expressions. (1 – 3)


1. (a) 3a 3  4a 2 =
(b) 7b 8  (−21b 3 ) =

2 x 2  3x 5 − p 4  12 p 8
2. (a) = (b) =
4x9 2 p6  3p7

3. (a) 4 p 2q 2  2 pq3 = (b) 6m4 n8  (−8m2 n3 ) =

Simplify the following expressions. (4 – 11)


4. (a) (2b 4 )5 =
(b) (−8 p 2 q 3 ) 2 =

4
m
3
(a)  3  =  3h 5 
5. (b)  2  =
n   4k 

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8 Laws of Integral Indices

12a 7
6. (a) 3 y  (2 y ) =
3 2 2
(b) =
(−3a 4 ) 2

(2c 3 d ) 2
7. (a) =
8cd 3 (b) (− x 3 y) 4  6 x 2 y 5 =

3
 3b 6 d 2 
8. (a) (4m  m n ) =
3 2 6 3 (b)  4
 =
 d 

(a) (3 p 2 q) 2  ( p 2 q) 3 = (4b 2 ) 2
9. (b) =
(2ab 3 ) 4

2
4  y5 
 t 2
 (b)  6   ( y 3 ) 4 =
10. (a) (2t 3 ) 2   −  =  4y 
 2 

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2
 s4 
2
(a 2 b 5 ) 4  9 
11. (a) (−6r )    =
2 3
(b)  7  =
 3r  3  ab 

Simplify each of the following expressions, where c is a positive integer. (12 – 13)
12. 5 c + 4  25c + 2 = 8 2 c +3
13. =
4 2c−1

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