Laws of Exponents
By Garfield Love
Algebra - Exponents and the Laws of Exponents (Powers)
What You Need To Know
Your math facts, fractions, what an exponent is, and the rules which will be explained shortly.
What is an exponent?
An exponent shows how many times a number is a factor.
Ex.) x^m x is the base, m is the exponent. X is being factored m amount of times.
Product of Powers
When multiplying with exponents ADD the exponents
Power of a Product
Apply the power to each factor and simplify.
Power of a Power
When raising an exponent to a power multiply the exponents.