Calculating powers (-a^(-1))

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Anthony Brown 7 years, 7 months ago

Created this as a copy of Calculating powers (-a^(-1)).

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Add two fractions with different denominators	draft	Anthony Brown	05/07/2017 23:08
Add two fractions with different denominators (some negative numbers)	draft	Anthony Brown	05/07/2017 23:13
Subtract two fractions with different denominators	draft	Anthony Brown	05/07/2017 23:03
Subtract two fractions with different denominators (some negative numbers)	draft	Anthony Brown	05/07/2017 23:00
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Calculating powers (-a^(-a))	draft	Anthony Brown	05/07/2017 17:00
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Calculating powers (a^(-1))	draft	Anthony Brown	05/07/2017 13:13
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Calculating powers (a^(-b))	draft	Anthony Brown	11/07/2017 16:29
Add two fractions with the same denominator	draft	Anthony Brown	12/08/2017 13:03
Add two fractions with the same denominator (some negative numbers).	draft	Anthony Brown	12/08/2017 13:04
Subtract two fractions with the same denominator	draft	Anthony Brown	12/08/2017 13:05
Subtract two fractions with the same denominator (some negative numbers).	draft	Anthony Brown	12/08/2017 13:05
Add two fractions with different denominators	draft	Anthony Brown	12/08/2017 13:06
Add two fractions with different denominators (some negative numbers)	draft	Anthony Brown	12/08/2017 13:07
Subtract two fractions with different denominators	draft	Anthony Brown	12/08/2017 13:07
Subtract two fractions with different denominators (some negative numbers)	draft	Anthony Brown	12/08/2017 13:08
Multiply two fractions	draft	Anthony Brown	12/08/2017 14:42
Multiply two fractions (some negative numbers)	draft	Anthony Brown	12/08/2017 14:43
Divide two fractions	draft	Anthony Brown	12/08/2017 14:44
Divide two fractions (some negative numbers)	draft	Anthony Brown	12/08/2017 14:45
Calculating powers (a^(-1))	draft	Anthony Brown	12/08/2017 19:18
Calculating powers (-a^(-1))	draft	Anthony Brown	12/08/2017 19:19
Calculating powers (a^(-b))	draft	Anthony Brown	12/08/2017 19:20
Calculating powers (-a^(-b))	draft	Anthony Brown	12/08/2017 19:20
Calculating powers (-a^(-a))	draft	Anthony Brown	12/08/2017 19:21
Calculating powers (1^(-b))	draft	Anthony Brown	12/08/2017 19:22
Calculating powers ((-a)^(-b))	draft	Anthony Brown	12/08/2017 19:22
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Question statement

Calculate the following power.

If you think the answer should be negative then a negative sign should be entered in the denominator.

Give any introductory information the student needs.

			Name	Type	Generated Value

			a	integer	2
			b	integer	7

Automatically regenerate variables?

Name

Data type

Value

xxxxxxxxxx
 
random(2..7)

JME function reference

Description

This is the base.

Describe what this variable represents, and list any assumptions made about its value.

Can an exam override the value of this variable?

Generated value: `integer`

Parts

Gap-fill
1. Gap Number entry
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Gap-fill

Ask the student a question, and give any hints about how they should answer this part.

$-\var{a}^{-1}=\$ 1Unnamed gap.

Advice

The correct calculation is $-\var{a}^{-1}=-\dfrac{1}{\var{a}^1}=-\dfrac{1}{\var{a}}=\dfrac{1}{\boxed{-\var{a}}}$ .

Remember that any number raised to the power 1 is just the number itself.

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Number entry
Number entry		Hasn't run yet

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Anthony Brown 7 years, 7 months ago

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Generated value: `integer`

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Calculating powers (-a^(-1))

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Anthony Brown 7 years, 7 months ago

Error in variable testing condition

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Generated value: integer

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Generated value: `integer`