B O Y O N M A R S When 1 bases’s When identical When an When identical exponents are base’s exponents exponent base’s exponents Outside Beside Negative, Over and are is are inside each other AND each other, Reciprocalize parentheses, not inside Subtract parentheses, (or flip) it. Multiply them. Add them. them. EXAMPLES
B O Y O N M A R S When 1 bases’s exponents are Outside and inside parentheses, Multiply them. When identical base’s exponents are Beside each other AND not inside parentheses, Add them. When an exponent is Negative, Reciprocalize (or flip) it. When identical base’s exponents are Over each other, Subtract them. EXAMPLES