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Powers, bases and indices

Powers, bases and indices

Flow diagram showing 3 squared gives 9 and square root returns to 3, and 4 cubed gives 64 and cube root returns to 4 A power is a short way to write repeated multiplication. In 343^434, the base is 3 and the index is 4.

Powers and Roots Lesson

  1. GCSE
  2. /Maths
  3. /Powers and Roots

Step-by-step lessons covering OCR GCSE Maths Powers and Roots for Foundation and Higher tier. Each lesson works through exam-style questions in the written papers format. Build fluency with number, ratio and algebra first, since geometry, probability and statistics topics rely on them, and leave extra time nearer the exam for Higher-tier problem-solving and multi-step reasoning questions.

Lessons

Multiplication and DivisionTimeMetric ConversionsWriting, Simplifying and Ordering FractionsPlace ValueRoundingNegative NumbersPowers and RootsBIDMASFactors and MultiplesCoordinatesPictograms