This week we learned about exponents. The most difficult thing I found about exponents was the negative exponents because this is all new to me this year. Especially the bigger equations.
One key thing that Ms Burton said is ” exponents are lazy!!” Only the bases are affected by the exponents.
Also when exponents are negative is means they’re unhappy, so usually if it’s in the top half of the fraction it goes downstairs which is the bottom half of the fraction and becomes a positive number.
A few examples that I have is:
A tip I always try to remember is make sure to know what law to do first and Ms Burton always says to write it down.
Division- Substract
Multiply- Add
Power to Power – the number times how many