Index Law for Powers

Year 9 Interactive Maths - Second Edition

Index Law for Powers

When a power of a number is raised to a power, the indices are multiplied as follows:

Example 5

Solution:

Note:

Always remove the brackets first.

Example 6

Simplify each of the following:

Solution:

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