Category Archives: Exponents

Free Exponents Posters

Image Copyright 2013 by Passy’s World of Mathematics We have a great set of 12 color Posters covering the Exponent Laws that is available for free to all subsribers to Passy’s World. If you are not already a subscriber, then … Continue reading

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Transposing and Rearranging Formulas

Image Source: http://www.juicing-for-health.com In a previous lesson we showed how to Solve Equations using the work down through the “Onion Skins” Method. Knowledge of that lesson is needed as a background, before doing our lesson on Rearranging Formulas. Click here … Continue reading

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Significant Figures

Image Source: http://img.ehowcdn.com Often our Calculator gives us very long answers which need to be rounded off to have a smaller number of “Significant Figures”. For example, if we measure the Height of all the students in our class, and … Continue reading

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Scientific Notation

Image Source: http://wallpaperswa.com “Scientific Notation”, (also referred to as “Standard Form”), is used by Scientists to represent very large numbers, like the Distance between stars and planets, in a much simpler form. It is also used by Geographers and Economists … Continue reading

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Zero and Negative Exponents

Image Copyright 2013 by Passy’s World of Mathematics In the above screenshot, we are using Adobe Photoshop to shrink down a large digital camera photo to one quarter of its original size. We need to do this so that the … Continue reading

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