g11 1 Exponents and Surds
g11 1 Exponents and Surds
g11 1 Exponents and Surds
RECAP: Laws
Practicing the Laws of Exponents
2
Beware!!
3
RECAP:
Negative Exponents
Combining Exponent Laws in a Problem
4
RECAP:
Prime Factorization
Prime numbers only have 2 factors
1 and the number itself i.e. 3, 5, 7, 11, 13
5
RECAP:
Using Factorization
Common
Factor!
Difference of Squares 6
EXERCISE TIME!
Quiz: Exponents
7
EXERCISE TIME!
RATIONAL EXPONENTS:
Law
9
RATIONAL EXPONENTS:
Examples
Converting between Surds and Rational Exponents in a Problem
10
RATIONAL EXPONENTS:
Examples
Change
to Roots
Change
to Prime
Factors
Working with Rational Exponents
11
EXERCISE TIME!
12
EXERCISE TIME!
13
EXPONENTIAL EQUATIONS:
Examples
Raise both
sides to
the power
Prime
factorize
Solving
Exponential
Equations
Part 1
Solving
Exponential
Equations
Part 2
14
EXPONENTIAL EQUATIONS:
Examples
Trinomial
15
EXERCISE TIME!
16
SURDS: Laws
17
Beware!!
18
Square numbers
1; 4; 9; 16; 25; 36; 49; 64; 81; 100;
121; 144; 169; 196; 225;
Cube numbers
1; 8; 27; 64; 125; 216;
SURDS:
Working with numbers
19
SURDS: Examples
Simplifying Basic Surds
20
1.
=
2.
=
=
=
.
NOT! =
=
Beware!!
21
Pure surds
Factorize into
perfect squares
Split
Simplify
Add like terms
SURDS: Examples
Working
with Surds
22
SURDS: Examples
23
EXERCISE TIME!
24
0
Arrange into descending order:
6 2 3
8 3 2
3
1
2
2
1
3
6
3
2
2
2
3
3
6
2
2
6
3
3
6
3
2
6
1
4
6
1
27
So
6
1
8
3 6 2
2 8 3
SURDS: Comparisons
25
SURDS:
Rationalizing Denominators
Need to get rid of the surd in the denominator
Difference
of
Squares
Rationalizing
Denominators
26
EXERCISE TIME!
27
SURD EQUATIONS:
Examples
Square
both
sides
28
SURD EQUATIONS:
Examples
Square
both
sides
29
SURD EQUATIONS:
Examples
Complex Surd
Equations
30
EXERCISE TIME!
31