Indices

Success Criteria

  1. 2ate the Laws of Indices.

  2. Apply the Index Law of Addition & Subtraction.

  3. Apply the Index Power Law.

  4. Apply the Index Distribution Law.

  5. Apply the Zero Index Law.

  6. Apply Negative Index Law.

  7. Apply the Fractional Index Law.

  8. Solve simple indice equations by comparison of indice.

  9. Convert numbers from ordinary notation to standard form notation and vice versa.

  10. Perform BODMAS operations on numbers in standard form notation.

  11. Apply indices to solve problems in the real-world context (AO2).

  12. Solve Financial Literacy problems involving compound interest (AO2).

  13. Sketch an exponential equation of the form y = abx .

Indices (plural of Index) is a notation used in mathematics used to represent the exponentiation function. Just as multiplication can be defined as 'repeated addition', the concept of indices & exponentiation can be defined as 'repeated multiplication'.


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Use the applet below to explore exponentiation and index notation.


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