Fractional and Negative indices | Higher GCSE | JaggersMaths

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How to evaluate a number to the power of a fraction and/or negative number
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Just wondering if one the 4th question at the start if you accidentally wrote -3 to the power instead of 3 because wouldnt it flip because of the recipical? Loved the video though helped me so much. Thanks!

[@Bright-Maths]

Hi - so what I do is deal with it one part at a time.
I do fourth root (1/4), then cube it (3), then do the reciprocal (-1).
So my powers go from being -3/4, to -3, then to -1 as I deal with each part of the power.
Hope that makes sense!

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Where did you get the 1 from in the last question????"?"?????????

[@Bright-Maths]

The very last question; how did the answer become 1/4 and not 4?
Because the power is negative it means we find the reciprocal.
So we do 8 to the power of 2/3 which is 4.
The reciprocal of 4 is 1/4
So 8 to the power of -2/3 is 1/4

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when i try to type the cube root of 27 on my calcuator 15.588 comes out can u pls explain to me how u got 9 2:13

[@Bright-Maths]

MUNA M
The cube root of 27 is 3 since 3 cubed (3 x 3 x 3) is 27. I then square this because of the 2 on the numerator of the fraction to get (3 squared) 9.
It’s difficult to show you through comments only so maybe try googling how to cube root on your calculator. However you should note these questions would appear on a non calculator paper.

[@xorient7357]

where did the -1 power come from in the first example

[@Bright-Maths]

Because I have cubed the fraction, but I still need to do the negative part. Because -3 = 3 x -1, we can do each of these separately one at a time.

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For the second one if it's a minus in front of the fraction what do you do

[@Bright-Maths]

Sorry I’m not sure exactly which question you are referring to?

[@BeihGrace]

@@Bright-Maths the second question on the first example

[@Bright-Maths]

@@BeihGrace You would not be asked to find the square root (which is what power of 1/2 is) of a negative number. This is something covered in A level further maths or university.

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Thank you for making this video.you have given us an exercise of 64⅔ and you worked out 64⅓ so,I got 8 while you got 16.

[@Bright-Maths]

Cabdiwali Hassan Glad you found it useful! 64 to the power of 2/3 is 16. You can find 64 to the power of a third first (which is what I did): power of a third is cube root so that is 4. Then you square you answer to find the power of 2 thirds and 4 squared is 16.

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Alison Jagger hey I didn’t understand when you said the reciprocal what did u mean by that for the 1st and last equation

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where does the -1 come from????????

[@Bright-Maths]

Are you on about the last question on the first slide? If so, I have done -3/4 = 1/4 x 3 x -1. So if we first find the fourth root, then cube it, then raise it to the power of -1, that will find the answer.

[@blossombliss8093]

Sorry I didn't get the last one
Where did the power -3 come from
Can any one explain

[@Bright-Maths]

Are you referring to (16/81)^(-3/4) ?
If so then this is the same as finding the fourth root of 16/81 (which is 2/3) then applying a power of -3.
So (16/81)^(-3/4) = (2/3)^(-3) = (8/27)^(-1) = 27/8

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Is this a calculator or non calculator question

[@Bright-Maths]

Non calculator definitely 👍🏻

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Where did the negative 1 come from? :/

[@Bright-Maths]

Jo T If you are on about 4 to the power of minus 1 on the your turn section, this is a common GCSE exam question. Anything to the power of one is just the number itself. So all we have to do is deal with the negative which means the reciprocal of 4 which is a quarter.

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What if it is 3-1
it wont let me put it on top of 3

[@Bright-Maths]

3^-2 = 1/(3^2) = 1/9
3^-1 = 1/(3^1) = 1/3

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