Common Core · Grade 8
8.EE.A.1
Grade 8 — Know and apply the properties of integer exponents, including zero and negative exponents.
The skill that covers it
What a student should be able to do
- Evaluate a power such as 34 and explain what the exponent counts.
- Apply the product and quotient rules for powers with the same base.
- Interpret a zero exponent and a negative exponent.
- Evaluate powers inside expressions with the correct order of operations.