[ASVAB] 14, Exponents, Roots and Factoring

This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams. In this episode you will learn: - Rules for multiplying, dividing, and evaluating integer powers with nonzero bases - Finding principal square roots and solving quadratic equations with two real solutions - Determining prime factors and finding the greatest common factor of numbers - Factoring quadratic polynomials into linear binomials and verifying with expansion - Avoiding the sum-of-squares trap when evaluating algebraic expressions This episode provides independent study materials for the ASVAB Mathematics Knowledge subtest. Practice online at https://open-exam-prep.com/practice/asvab and watch video tutorials at https://www.youtube.com/@Open-exam-prep . Sources checked: September 28, 2026 https://www.officialasvab.com/applicants/subtests/ https://www.officialasvab.com/applicants/scores/ https://www.officialasvab.com/applicants/cat-asvab/