Question

what are rules of exponents?

Answer 1

http://www.algebralab.org/lessons/lesson.aspx?file=Algebra_ExponentsRules.xml

Answer 2

go to that site

Answer 3

Or perhaps this picture, to summarize it all http://math.uww.edu/~mcfarlat/141/images/exponent.gif

Answer 4

They are many indeed, but once you work through a few exercises they will sit in your fingers, letting you perform art eventually :D