Is 23 × 2 equal to 22 × 22 × 22?
Answer
No, 23 × 2 equals 24 and 22 × 22 × 22 equals 26.
What is (43 × 45)2?
Hint
Don't forget to use the order of operations.
(43 × 45)2 = (48)2 = 416.
Does (ab)c = a(bc)?
No way. The multiplicative rule says that (ab)c = abc. Since bc ≠ bc, these are not the same.
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