Basic Math Examples

$1048576^{\frac{- 1}{5}}$

Step 1

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$1048576^{- \frac{1}{5}}$

Step 2

Rewrite the expression using the negative exponent rule $b^{- n} = \frac{1}{b^{n}}$ .

$\frac{1}{1048576^{\frac{1}{5}}}$

Step 3

Simplify the denominator.

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Step 3.1

Rewrite $1048576$ as $16^{5}$ .

$\frac{1}{{(16^{5})}^{\frac{1}{5}}}$

Step 3.2

Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, ${(a^{m})}^{n} = a^{m n}$ .

$\frac{1}{16^{5 (\frac{1}{5})}}$

Step 3.3

Cancel the common factor of $5$ .

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Step 3.3.1

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{1}{16^{5 (\frac{1}{5})}}$

Step 3.3.2

Rewrite the expression.

$\frac{1}{16^{1}}$

Step 3.4

Evaluate the exponent.

$\frac{1}{16}$

Step 4

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Exact Form:

$\frac{1}{16}$

Decimal Form:

$0.0625$