ACCESS - Exponent Patterns
Use the sliders to change the values of the base and exponents. What pattern do you see in the value of the exponent of the answer?
Napier's Gift (works best as Java applet)
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"Seeing there is nothing that is so troublesome to mathematical practice, nor that doth more molest and hinder calculators, than the multiplications, divisions, square and cubical extractions of great numbers ... I began therefore to consider in my mind by what certain and ready art I might remove those hindrances." - John Napier, 1614 |
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