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Year 10

Arithmetic procedures: index laws

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In this unit pupils learn how to manipulate indices and perform calculations without conversion by understanding index laws.

This unit builds on the index work covered in the previous unit to formalise laws around indices.

  1. Converting any recurring decimal to a fraction
  2. Checking and securing understanding of prime factorisation
  3. Checking and securing understanding of LCM and HCF
  4. Checking and securing understanding of roots and integer indices
  5. The laws of indices - multiplication
  6. The laws of indices - division
  7. The laws of indices - raising a power to a power
  8. The laws of indices - negative and zero exponents
  9. The laws of indices - fractional exponents
  10. Advanced problem solving with the laws of indices

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