3 Vocabulary Terms - Define/Illustrate
Exponent Rule for dividing like bases applied to SN:
What words tell you to divide:
Why is “how many times larger” a division problem?
1. Exponent Rule for dividing like bases: This rule states that when dividing two numbers with the same base raised to different exponents, you can subtract the exponents to simplify the expression. For example, (a^n)/(a^m) = a^(n-m).
2. Divide: To divide means to separate into equal parts or to find the number of times one number is contained within another number. In mathematical terms, division is a binary operation that is the inverse of multiplication.
3. "How many times larger": When asking "how many times larger" something is, you are essentially asking by what factor one number is greater than another. This can be seen as a division problem because you are determining how many times one number must be multiplied by to equal the other number. For example, if a number is four times larger than another number, you are essentially dividing the larger number by the smaller number to get a factor of 4.