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Converting between radicals and rational exponents worksheets Grade 10

Rewrite radicals as fraction exponents and fraction exponents as radicals.

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How to do it

x to the m/n is the nth root of xᵐ. Write each one the other way.

x4=x14\sqrt[4]{x} = x^{\dfrac{1}{4}}power 1 over root 4

Example problems

  1. 1x34=\dfrac{1}{\sqrt[4]{x^{3}}} =
  2. x35=\sqrt[5]{x^{3}} =
  3. x23=\sqrt[3]{x^{2}} =
  4. 1x3=\dfrac{1}{\sqrt[3]{x}} =

Exponents, radicals and complex numbers

  1. Zero and negative exponents
  2. Rational exponents
  3. Converting between radicals and rational exponents
  4. Exponent rules with rational exponents
  5. Simplifying cube roots and higher roots
  6. Rationalizing the denominator
  7. Solving radical equations
  8. Imaginary numbers and powers of i
  9. Adding, subtracting and multiplying complex numbers
  10. Dividing complex numbers