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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...
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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...
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