Reviewing Exponent Rules:

To review the exponent rules, try these tutorials with worked out examples from Patrick JMT:

Basic Example 1: Link (Links to an external site.)

Basic Example 2: Link (Links to an external site.)

Basic Example 3: Link (Links to an external site.)

Example with Negative Exponents: Link (Links to an external site.)

You may also find this Introduction to Properties of Exponents from the Organic Chemistry Tutor useful.

1. Convert between radicals and exponential notation

Video 1: Introduction to Rational exponents (Links to an external site.)

Now click the link for a quick practice of converting between radical and exponential notation: Practice problems 1 (Links to an external site.)

Video 2: More converting between radical and exponential notation (Links to an external site.)

Now practice a few problems: Practice 2 (Links to an external site.)

And a few more: Practice 3 (Links to an external site.)

2. Evaluate Expressions with rational exponents

Video: Evaluating Expressions with Rational Exponents 1 (Links to an external site.)

Video: Evaluating Expressions with Rational Exponents 2 (Links to an external site.)

Now watch this video for a few practice problems, pause it to try the problems on your own, then play it again to check your answers: Practice examples video