How to Divide Numbers with Exponents
More examples of dividing numbers with exponents.
By
Jason Marshall, PhD
Jason Marshall, PhD
February 1, 2012
1 minute read
At the end of the latest Math Dude article, How to Divide Numbers with Exponents, I gave three problems to help you practice solving division problems containing exponents. To solve these problems, you need to know that you can divide two numbers with exponents by subtracting their exponents—as long as the bases of the numbers you’re dividing are the same! In other words, this rule says that:
2m / 2n = 2m–n
The letters “m” and “n” here stand for any exponent whatsoever. And remember that the base doesn’t have to be 2 for this equation to work—it can be anything. Read More »