How to simplify rational expressions to higher powers. We will focus on simplifying a rational expression to the 3rd and 4th power. I make short, to-the-point online math tutorials. I struggled with ...

Indices show where a number has been multiplied by itself, eg squared or cubed, or to show roots of numbers, eg square root. Check your understanding of the process with this National 5 Maths quiz.

In this video, we work through 43 different examples for simplifying radical expressions. We focus on the square roots of numbers and simplify using the rules of exponents and prime factorization.

Collecting like terms means to simplify terms in expressions in which the variables are the same. In the expression \(5a + 2b + 3a - 6b\), the terms \(5a\) and \(+ 3a\) are like terms, as are \(2b\) ...