Basic Math Examples

${(- 4)}^{- 7}$

Step 1

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

$\frac{1}{{(- 4)}^{7}}$

Step 2

Raise $- 4$ to the power of $7$ .

$\frac{1}{- 16384}$

Step 3

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$- \frac{1}{16384}$

Step 4

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Exact Form:

$- \frac{1}{16384}$

Decimal Form:

$- 6.10351562 \cdot 10^{- 5}$