Lesson Plan: Simplifying Monomials: Zero Exponents Mathematics
This lesson plan includes the objectives and prerequisites of the lesson teaching students how to simplify monomials with an exponent of zero, as any nonzero number raised to the zero power is equal to one.
Objectives
Students will be able to
- understand that a power with a nonzero base and a zero exponent is equivalent to dividing the base raised to any nonzero power by the base raised to the same power, that is, to 1,
- evaluate a number raised to the zero power,
- simplify monomials raised to the zero power.
Prerequisites
Students should already be familiar with
- the quotient rule of exponents.
