Powers
Powers starting from 1: multiply and divide by a chosen number and see why 2⁰ = 1 and 2⁻³ is one eighth. It also covers power rules and scientific notation.
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- Subject
- Mathematics
- Area
- Algebra and Functions
- Level
- Primary and secondary school
What you can do
- Start from 1, multiply or divide by a chosen number and watch the chain of steps, a picture of the value and the step counter change.
- On the staircase each step up multiplies and each step down divides; in Fill in, students type the values of the steps and check them.
- The rules for multiplying and dividing powers and for a power of a power, product or quotient are shown with factors that join up or cancel.
- Powers of ten: a scale from 10⁻⁹ to 10⁹ with examples from a DNA molecule to the Sun, scientific notation step by step, and practice with checking.
- Practise working out powers, play True or false, print a worksheet for the chosen mode or download the picture as a PNG.
Pictures in the Gallery7
Ready-made pictures made in this app, to download as PNG.
Worksheets and lessons
Lessons with worksheets that use this app.
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