Monthly Archives: February 2017

Math 10 – Week 3

This week in Math 10 we learned exponents. The exponent laws, integral exponents, and rational exponents. I found the exponent laws the easiest to understand

Multiplication Law

• What you do to simplify is take the exponents and add them while keeping the base the same

Division Law

• What you do to simplify is take the exponents and subtract them while keeping the base the same

Power of a Power Law

• What you do to simplify is take the exponents and multiply them while keeping the base the same

Zero Exponent Law

• Anytime there is something to the power of 0 it is equal to 1

Math 10 – Week 2

This week in Math we learned about entire and mixed radicals, we learned on how to convert and simplify both types. I easily identified how to convert entire radicals to mixed radicals and vice versa.

Converting a entire radical into a mixed radical is very easy. First step was to multiply by multiples that equals the radicand. You simplify all the multiples and then the number that isn’t a square root becomes the coefficient .

Converting a mixed radical to an entire radical is very simple as you simply take the coefficient then you square it take the radicals within the radical sign and just multiply them for example, \sqrt{4} \cdot \sqrt{7}=\sqrt{28}

Math 10 – Week 1

Last week in Ms. Burton’s Foundation of Math and Pre Calculus 10 Class, we were working with Prime numbers. We looked at what a prime number (Anyone number that can only multiplyed by the number it is and 1.) Divison Tables is a strategy used to solve the prime factors of a large number.

(An example of an effective way to use a division table)

In my personal experience I have also found Number Trees confusing. With the Divison Table it is simple division and after you complete the question all your prime factors are there in order from least to greatest. It is way easier to show your work compared to a number tree. On a division table it is basically just using long division