Question

What is the difference between positive and negative exponents

Answer 1

Negative exponents create the reciprocal of the original number:

2^2=4
2^-2=1/4

4^4=64
4^-4=1/64

Answer 2

Positive exponent means move the decimal to the right and it makes the number bigger and negative exponent means move the decimal to the left and it makes the number smaller. I hope this helped :D