SOL Prep

Expressions and Operations

Virginia SOL A.EO.3

Derive and apply the laws of exponents to simplify expressions.

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What students need to be able to do

  • Derive the laws of exponents through exploration of patterns for products, quotients, and powers of bases.
  • Simplify multivariable expressions and ratios of monomial expressions with integer exponents using the laws of exponents.