Order of Operations and Exponents

Power (exponential form)

A base with an exponent

exponent

A mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself.

expanded form (exponents)

A way of writing numbers involving exponents that shows the base as a factor.

Communative Property

Order doesn't matter, a+b=b+a (addition), ab=ba (Multiplication)

Base (of an exponential expression)

The number that is multiplied "exponent" number of times in an exponential expression

Associative Property

The way in which numbers are grouped does not change their sum or product

Distributive Property

a(b + c) = ab + ac

Order of Operations

the order in which operations in an expression to be evaluated are carried out. 1. grouping symbols 2. exponets 3. multiplication and divison 4. addition and subtraction