Negative Exponents, Parentheses, Signs and Simplification
“Simplifying” expressions with exponents usually means canceling out all common factors and rewriting them with only positive exponents.
1. Simplify 4 x 2-4.
2. Simplify -23 and 2-3. Are they the same number?
3. Simplify (-3)-2 and -3-2. Are they the same number?
4. Simplify 1 – 2-1
5. Simplify 1/2-3