Product Rule

Expand your knowledge of exponents with an activity that promotes critical thinking and comparison skills. Middle and high schoolers compare numbers written in expanded and exponential form and explain their strategies for solving...

In this derivatives activity, students find the derivative of 25 problems.  Students use the power, product, and quotient rule to find the derivative of various functions.

In this exponents instructional activity, students rewrite the eight exponents using the product rule. There is an answer sheet included in this instructional activity.

Sal defines the product rule and then shows two examples of its use. He then shows an example of finding the derivative using the chain and product rules together.

Which method works best for you? Using a product, an informative video shows two methods to simplify the resulting expression. One method starts by rewriting the expression with only positive exponents. The other method uses the...

The laws of exponents are explained in this video. Topics include raising something to the zero power, rewriting an expression that has a negative number as an exponent, multiplying powers with the same base, raising a power to a power,...

Create a human fraction to learn about division of exponents. Scholars develop the rule for division of exponents by being part of a human fraction to explore and justify the rule. They also consider zero exponents and negative exponents.

In this lesson on properties of exponents, 8th graders explore the product rule, quotient rule, power rule, zero rule, and one rule related to exponents.

The instructor shows several different examples of the power of a product rule. She multiplies the values out, uses the commutative property of multiplication, and then simplifies the terms.

The instructor shows several different examples of the power of a product rule. She multiplies the values out, uses the commutative property of multiplication, and then simplifies the terms.