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Game: THE FROG FLIES
Aim: Help the frog catch the flies
Method:
Use keyboard arrow keys or tap your tablet/mobile to control the frog and catch the flies. Avoid the birds! Answer the math questions to win additional points.
Scoring is based on speed, flies caught and the number of correct answers.
8th grade / Number / Powers & Roots / Indices / Divide Indices
Indices are terms that have been raised to a power such as 5⁶ or y⁴. This means the term has been multiplied by itself that number of times.
6⁴ = 6 x 6 x 6 x 6 and y⁵ = y x y x y x y x y
So the term indice simply means a number or term raised to a power.
Indices with the same base can be divided by subtracting powers. So a³ and a⁶ have the same base "a", but x³ and y⁶ do not have the same base and cannot be simplified by subtracting powers.
To understand why dividing indices with the same base involves subtracting powers, consider x⁷ ÷ x⁴. If we expand both indices we get:
x x x x x x x x x x x x x
x x x x x x x
Since we know that x divided by x is 1, we can cancel terms top and bottom to simplify the expression leaving x x x x x.
x⁷ ÷ x⁴ = x³
So we can see that dividing x⁷ by x⁴ gives us x³. In general, you can divide indices with the same base by subtracting the powers.
If one or more of the terms is raised to a negative power, you should follow simple arithmetic rules to subtract the powers.
p⁻⁵ ÷ p³ = p⁻⁸
p⁻⁵ ÷ p⁻³ = p⁻²
If there are coefficients in front of the bases, divide the coefficients first and then subtract the powers.
15p⁵ ÷ 3p³ = 5p⁵
With our The frog flies math game you will be practicing the topic "Divide Indices" from 8th grade / Number / Powers & Roots / Powers & Roots. The math in this game consists of 16 questions that ask you to divide indices with the same base by subtracting powers e.g. 6b⁵ ÷ 2b² = 3b³.
Learn or revise math with our fun interactive game THE FROG FLIES! You are a happy hungry frog in the middle of the jungle in the middle of the night. Catch the flies for your supper (and practice math just for fun).
You can play the game on tablet/mobile or desktop computer. On handheld devices you move the frog by tapping where you want it to move to. On a computer, use the arrow keys on your keyboard to move.
Sometimes a big bird swoops through the forest catching unwary amphibians so stay alert and get out of the way of its beak!
Scoring is based on flies caught, questions answered and number of deaths by bird. Your final score is your total points minus your time in seconds.
The highest scores for each topic can be saved and seen by clicking on the star button, so get learning and get your frog's name up in lights!
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