Exponents and Order of Operations Flashcards

💡It is the repeated factor.

💡It counts factors.

💡Base is the factor; exponent is its count.

💡Do not multiply base and exponent.

💡Ask whether the sign belongs to the base.

💡Fraction bars and absolute values also group.

💡Resolve the complete base first.

💡Treat them as one level.

💡Treat them as one level.

💡This preserves signs.

💡Exponent first.

💡Left to right at the multiplication/division level.

💡Left to right at the addition/subtraction level.

💡Preserve the sign as part of the value.

💡Absolute value groups; powers precede addition.

💡Every factor is one.

💡Negative factors pair.

💡One negative factor remains unpaired.

💡The exponent may itself be an expression.

💡Distractors often encode order errors.