Week 3 was almost like a review of exponents from grade 9 but with a bit more “pizazz” because we learned about negative exponents, which was entirely new to me.
I understood it quickly and got the hang of it after a few examples, however, I did still have some trouble with the assignments. Mainly this one: Simplify. Write the final answer with positive exponents. (5 
At first, I got confused while I was simplifying and ended up with this:
I realized where I went wrong- the exponents inside do not change when you move it “upstairs” or “downstairs.” So then I changed how I did my work and got this:
which was correct. I learned to be extremely careful with negatives because I can be forgetful with the rules.