5/27/22, 3:30 AM Exponents of 0 and 1
Rules of Exponents:
Exponents of 0 and 1
What does it mean to have powers of 0 or 1? We can use the rules we’ve been learning to
discover what these mean.
0::16 1x
Video Source (04:16 mins) | Transcript
Any number to the 1 power is just itself and any number to the 0 power is 1. Remember that the
only exception to this rule is 0 raised to the 0 power.
Additional Resources
Khan Academy: The 0 & 1st Power (05:06 mins, Transcript)
Practice Problems
Evaluate the following expressions:
1. 31 =
2. y1 =
3. 50 =
4. b0 =
https://content.byui.edu/file/b8b83119-9acc-4a7b-bc84-efacf9043998/1/Math-1-10-5.html 1/2
Rules of Exponents:
Exponents of 0 and 1
What does it mean to have powers of 0 or 1? We can use the rules we’ve been learning to
discover what these mean.
0::16 1x
Video Source (04:16 mins) | Transcript
Any number to the 1 power is just itself and any number to the 0 power is 1. Remember that the
only exception to this rule is 0 raised to the 0 power.
Additional Resources
Khan Academy: The 0 & 1st Power (05:06 mins, Transcript)
Practice Problems
Evaluate the following expressions:
1. 31 =
2. y1 =
3. 50 =
4. b0 =
https://content.byui.edu/file/b8b83119-9acc-4a7b-bc84-efacf9043998/1/Math-1-10-5.html 1/2
