Fractional exponents, that are rationale, are often used as a different way to show or express radicals. When you want to convert a fractional exponent to a radical you simply use the numerator of the exponent as the power of the base. We would then place this under a radical symbol and the denominator, of our original fractional exponent, would as the power over the radical symbol. In addition to this basic conversion we will use several laws of exponents to evaluate Your students will get some practice with simplifying and solving radical expressions (equations containing exponents that are fractions).

These worksheets will help students break down problem that look very complicated, at first glance. The best strategy to use here is to clearly label all parts of the problem. The clearer you outline problem, the better you will do with them.