Rational Exponents Teacher Resources

Oswego City School District provides the rules for working with fractional (rational) exponents.

Evaluate numerical expressions with rational exponents, and convert between equivalent forms of exponential and radical expressions. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video...

This site reviews the basic properties of exponents, and explains rational exponents and exponential functions, including those with base "e." Provides examples and lots of exercises.

An overview of fractional (i.e., rational) exponents, including an example and practice problems with solutions.

Interactive review of radicals and rational exponents. Students can enter their answers to questions and be told in the right sidebar whither they are right or wrong. There is also a help button that gives the answer and an explanation.

A basic introduction to rational exponents, beginning with the definition and working up to an application. Includes several examples.

A list of rules for how to convert from radical to exponential form and from exponential to radical form.

Test your knowledge of multiplying, adding, and subtracting exponents.

Video simplifying a rational algebraic expression with fractional exponents and a square root. [6:32]

Video simplifying an algebraic expression with fractional exponents and a square root. [7:32]

Practice simplifying expressions with multiple radical terms. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.

Explains how to add exponents as well as other aspects of exponents including positive and negative exponents, rational exponents, zero exponents, power of power, and division of exponents. Includes practice problems with answers provided.

This prealgebra tutorial explains fractional (rational) exponents.

In this lesson on rational exponents, students explore how-to transform expressions with exponents.

In Spanish. In this site you will practice working with whole and rational exponents with different interactive activities.

In this set of exercises, students will simplify radicals and evaluate expressions with rational exponents. Questions are multiple choice and true/false; solutions are provided.

Evaluate numerical expressions with rational exponents, and convert between equivalent forms of exponential and radical expressions.

Evaluate numerical expressions with unit-fraction exponents or radicals, and convert between the two forms of representations. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or...

A page which uses exponents as a step-by-step example of how logic is used to find complex mathematical concepts by building upon simpler concepts.

The purpose of the task is to connect properties of fractional exponents with ordering of real numbers. Aligns with N-RN.A.2.

Radicals are also known as roots. Evaluate high-degree radicals. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.

Video simplifying an algebraic expression with fractional exponents. [2:02]

The purpose of this task is to solve some expressions requiring fractional exponents in the modeling context of planetary motion. Aligns with N-RN.A.2.

The goal of this task is to use properties of exponents for whole numbers in order to explain how expressions with fractional exponents are defined. Aligns with the N-RN.A.1 standard.