I. Activity No. 4: The Root of Joy (15 minutes) II. III. IV. Objective(s): At the end of the activity, you should be able apply laws of exponent in dividing monomials. Materials Needed: pen and activity sheet Instructions: Divide the given monomials. Write the letter that is paired with the question and the correct answer below to decode the "Root of Joy". According to an Austrian American monk and author David Steindl-Rast, the root of joy is T C D x4y6z5 10x7y2z5 xбy'z³ 28x4y+z8 x6y724 -5x6y7z7 x4y624 -7x2y8z8 R E G I -12xy -30x2y5z³ 6xy 27x7y3 -6x 6x2y5z3 3y -3x4y3 B T о U -14x4y-16x6y6 48x5y⁹ -36x4y5z³ 2x6y6 2x6y6 -6x4y3 -4x4y7z6 2x 2y x²y Z -9x3 x²y 2 00 9 4x2 -5 y2z3 y4
Answer (1)
(1/10) x⁻³ y⁴ → or write with positive exponents: y⁴ / (10x³)Example 2:(-5x⁶y⁷z⁷) ÷ (x⁴y⁶z⁴)→ -5 ÷ 1 = -5→ x⁶ ÷ x⁴ = x²→ y⁷ ÷ y⁶ = y¹→ z⁷ ÷ z⁴ = z³
