9 videos in "Monomials"
Monomials Part 1
Monomials Part 1
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Part of video series Operations with Polynomials
Learning what monomials are, what they look like, and how to simplify / combine monomials using rules of exponents.
- Monomials HW - Homework with answers based on simplifying monomials with the rules of exponents.
- Rules of Exponents - List of rules of exponents.
- What is a monomial?
- What makes something a monomial?
- What are some examples of terms that are monomials?
- How do you multiply monomials?
- How do you simplify n^5 * n^2 using rules of exponents?
- Why do you add exponents when you multiply monomials?
- What does t^9 * t^-8 equal?
- How do you divide monomials?
- How do you simplify n^5/n^2 using rules of exponents?
- Why do you subtract exponents when you divide monomials?
- What does t^9/t^-8 equal?
- What does a negative exponent mean?
- What happens if you have a negative exponent?
- How do you simplify x/x^5?
- What does x^-4 mean?
- How can you rewrite a monomial with a negative exponent with a positive exponent?
- How can you rewrite t^-2 with a positive exponent?
- How can you rewrite 1/s^-5 with a positive exponent?
- How can you rewrite 5x^-2y with only positive exponents?
This tutorial explains monomials and negative exponents as well as multiplying and dividing monomials and simplifying the result using rules of exponents. This is a great introduction to monomials and how to do basic operations with them.
