Algebra Essentials

FIU has online movies to help with this topic. You must have QuickTime Player, a free download, installed on your computer. Movies 5.4, 5.5, and 5.8 on this page will help with this section.

The University of Idaho provides another online resource. These lectures are only viewable by those with DSL or cable modems. Real Player, a free download, is required to see these videos. The videos cover the topics below. To see the videos, go to this page and look under section 6.1 (It is a different section number because they are using a different text).
Overview of Bases and Powers
Product Rule
Zero Power and Negative Power Part A
Zero Power and Negative Power Part B
Quotient Rule
Power rules: Power of a power, Power of a product, & Power of a Quotient
Power rules: Example using all three power rules
Simplifying Expressions: Review of exponent rules & Examples
Simplifying Expressions: More examples
Simplifying Expressions: One more example
A More Complicated Exponents Example
Another Complicated Exponents Example
Yet Another Complicated Exponents Example

More online help:
Purplemath: Basic Rules of Exponents
Purplemath: Negative exponents