Learn how to evaluate numbers raised to rational powers. When given a number raised to a rational power, we take the nth root ...

Description: 👉 Learn how to simplify rational powers using the power and the product rules. There are some laws of exponents ...

When my students grow too dependent on their calculators, I ask them to find a number that, when multiplied by itself, gives them 2. Students quickly see that since 1² = 1 and 2² = 4, the answer has ...

In this chapter, we look beyond the whole numbers at other numbers that are included in school mathematics in grades pre-K to 8, particularly in the upper grades. We first look at the rational numbers ...