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AC9M8N02 — Year 8 Number

Official Curriculum Content Description:

establish and apply the exponent laws with positive integer exponents and the zero-exponent, using exponent notation with numbers

Worked Examples (1)

Example 1Index Laws as a Single Power
Write 21×212^{1} \times 2^{1} as a single power.
Common mistake: Evaluating the power instead of leaving it in index form.
Correct Answer:222^{2}
Worked Solution:
21×21=21+1=222^{1} \times 2^{1} = 2^{1 + 1} = 2^{2}.

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