Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Using the Laws of Exponents to Solve Problems
Given problem situations involving exponents, the student will use the laws of exponents to solve the problems.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Practice Problems: Rules of Exponents
Fifty-two problems present a variety of practice completing, evaluating and simplifying expressions and equations that have exponents in them. They are given with each step to the solution cleverly revealed one at a time. You can work...
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Practice Problems: Properties of Exponents
Thirty-seven problems present a variety of practice applying the various properties of exponents in different situations. They are given with each step to the solution cleverly revealed one at a time. You can work each step of the...
Understanding Algebra
Understanding Algebra: Positive Integer Exponents
This is a simplified explanation about exponents along with a few rules for combining numbers with exponents.
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: Exponent Laws
View a list of laws governing exponents, including special cases. Provides formulas, visuals, references, and citation information.
Texas A&M University
Wtamu Virtual Math Lab: Beginning Algebra: Negative Exponents
A tutorial with step-by-step examples involving negative exponents and scientific notation. Offers a review of the exponent rules and cites them to justify steps taken in the examples.
Other
Brown Math: It's the Law the Laws of Exponents
Step-by-step explanations of the exponent laws including rules for combining powers and roots. Includes practice exercises.
Purple Math
Purplemath: Simplifying Expressions With Exponents
A detailed look at how to simplify expressions with exponents and how to apply the rules for exponents. Lots of examples included. The third page provides an interactive widget to use for simplifying expressions with exponents.
Lawrence Hall of Science
The Math Page: Skill in Algebra: Exponents
Here is a site that clearly and thoroughly explains many topics related to exponents, including the product rule, power rule, and quotient rule. There are example problems solved, problems for the student to attempt, and answers to the...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Multiply and Divide Powers (Integer Exponents)
In this exercise, students practice using exponent rules to evaluate expressions. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to get hints and try questions repeatedly, or to review the concepts in a video.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Negative Exponents
In this exercise, students practice using negative exponents. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to get hints, see a video, and try questions repeatedly.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Properties of Exponents Challenge (Integer Exponents)
In this exercise, students practice applying the properties of exponents. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to get hints, watch a video, and try questions repeatedly.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Powers of Products and Quotients (Structured Practice)
Rewrite expressions that involve powers of products and quotients. Expressions are in ascending order of difficulty. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly and to watch a video or get hints.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Powers of Products and Quotients
Rewrite powers of products and quotients. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly and to watch a video or get hints.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Negative Exponents
Practice computing numbers with negative exponents. Exponents may be fractions. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly and to watch a video or get hints.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Divide Powers
Rewrite quotients of powers with the same base. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video, or get hints.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Multiply Powers
Rewrite products of powers with the same base. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video, or get hints.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Powers of Powers
Rewrite powers of powers into equivalent expressions. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video, or get hints.
Help Algebra
Help algebra.com: Simplifying Exponential Expressions
The laws of exponents are put to action in several examples. The examples demonstrate how to simplify expressions that contain both coefficients and variables.
Help Algebra
Help algebra.com: Exponents
Along with the definition of an exponent, this site also presents the properties of exponents. Several examples are used to demonstrate the properties. A summary of the laws of exponents is included for quick reference.
Help Algebra
Help algebra.com: Positive Integer Exponents
The Product of a Power and Power to a Power laws of exponents are introduced. Examples are included to demonstrate how to simply expressions with these laws.
Math2
Math2.org: Exponential Identities
A list of exponential rules and logarithm rules for manipulating such terms and factors in equations or expressions.
Wyzant
Wyzant: Exponents
Review the concept of exponents and what it means to take a number "to a power." This is a good resource for a beginning unit on exponents. An online practice worksheet is available.
Wyzant
Wyzant: Polynomial Exponents
WyzAnt shows the difference in taking the powers of products, quotients, and sums. An online worksheet is provided for extra practice.