Zero indices Revision Card | Tope Teaches Maths

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Zero indices.

Check the brackets and the sign of the base before applying an index rule.
For a common base: multiplication adds indices, division subtracts them, and a power of a power multiplies them.
A negative index takes a reciprocal. A fractional index uses a root.

Example 1

Evaluate. Give an exact answer.

Any non-zero number divided by itself is 1, so any non-zero base to power zero is 1.

Evaluate the power or root.

Evaluate. Give an exact answer.

Any non-zero number divided by itself is 1, so any non-zero base to power zero is 1.

Evaluate the power or root.

Question 1

Evaluate. Give an exact answer.

Check answer

Any non-zero number divided by itself is 1, so any non-zero base to power zero is 1.

Evaluate the power or root.

Question 2

Evaluate. Give an exact answer.

Check answer

Any non-zero number divided by itself is 1, so any non-zero base to power zero is 1.

Evaluate the power or root.

Question 3

Evaluate. Give an exact answer.

Check answer

Any non-zero number divided by itself is 1, so any non-zero base to power zero is 1.

Evaluate the power or root.

Question 4

Evaluate. Give an exact answer.

Check answer

Any non-zero number divided by itself is 1, so any non-zero base to power zero is 1.

Evaluate the power or root.

Question 5

Evaluate. Give an exact answer.

Check answer

Any non-zero number divided by itself is 1, so any non-zero base to power zero is 1.

Evaluate the power or root.