Prealgebra Review R.5

R.5 EXPONENTIAL NOTATION AND ORDER OF OPERATIONS

a. Write exponential notation for a product.
b. Evaluate exponential expressions.
c. Simplify expressions using the rule for order of operations.

Objective a
Write exponential notation for a product.

Exponential Notation



Example A




Objective b
Evaluate exponential expressions.

Example B



Objective c
Simplify expressions using the rules for order of operations.

Rules For Order Of Operations

1. Do all calculations within grouping symbols first.
2. Evaluate all exponential expressions.
3. Do all multiplications and divisions in order from left to right.
4. Do all additions and subtractions in order from left to right.

Example C



Example D



Example E