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Mathematics (Grade 7)

The Number System

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The Number System: Repeated Multiplication and Powers

Powers of Rational Numbers

Description

Subject: Math

Chapter: Repeated Multiplication and Powers

CCSS Alignment: 7.NS.A.2.c

Lesson Title: Powers of Rational Numbers

Introduction

The power of rational numbers involves raising f...

Transcript

Imagine a phone battery that starts fully charged as one hundred percent, or one. The battery retains nine-tenths of its remaining charge every hour.

After two hours, the remaining charge can be represented as nine-tenths squared.

Here, nine-tenths is the base, and two is the exponent. The exponent tells us that nine-tenths is used a...