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Class 8 Maths Worksheet: Exponents and Powers

Maths worksheets lesson 57: Exponents and powers · Set 114 · 40 sums
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The method (Same base, work the powers): aᵐ × aⁿ = aᵐ⁺ⁿ, aᵐ ÷ aⁿ = aᵐ⁻ⁿ, (aᵐ)ⁿ = aᵐⁿ, a⁰ = 1. a⁻ⁿ = 1/aⁿ, and (a/b)⁻ⁿ = (b/a)ⁿ. Standard form: one digit before the point × a power of 10 — 4500000 = 4.5 × 10⁶. × 10⁻ⁿ moves the decimal point n places to the left: 2.5 × 10⁻³ = 0.0025.

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  1. 1.What is the value of 5² × 5⁻⁵? =
  2. 2.What is the value of 9⁴? =
  3. 3.6.5 × 10² =
  4. 4.Write 81,000 in standard form as 8.1 × 10ⁿ. What is n?
  5. 5.What is the value of (1/7)⁻²? =
  6. 6.Write 1.3 × 10⁻³ as a decimal. =
  7. 7.Write (7³)⁷ as a single power 7ⁿ. What is n?
  8. 8.What is the value of 3⁵ × 3⁻⁵? =
  9. 9.What is the value of 2⁻¹ (as a fraction)? =
  10. 10.Write 3.6 × 10⁻⁴ as a decimal. =
  11. 11.What is the value of 2¹⁴? =
  12. 12.Write 8 × 10⁻² as a decimal. =
  13. 13.What is the value of 2⁴? =
  14. 14.What is the value of 2⁶ × 2⁻³? =
  15. 15.Write 1.7 × 10⁻¹ as a decimal. =
  16. 16.Write 2⁶ ÷ 2⁴ as a single power 2ⁿ. What is n?
  17. 17.What is the value of 6⁵? =
  18. 18.Write 7⁷ × 7⁵ as a single power 7ⁿ. What is n?
  19. 19.5.7 × 10⁵ =
  20. 20.3.4 × 10⁴ =
  21. 21.9 × 10² =
  22. 22.What is the value of 5¹ × 5⁻¹? =
  23. 23.What is the value of 5⁶ × 5⁻²? =
  24. 24.What is the value of 3⁴ × 3⁻⁴? =
  25. 25.What is the value of 7⁻¹ (as a fraction)? =
  26. 26.Write 2.7 × 10⁻² as a decimal. =
  27. 27.Write 7.6 × 10⁻¹ as a decimal. =
  28. 28.Write 4⁴ × 4⁸ as a single power 4ⁿ. What is n?
  29. 29.2.1 × 10⁴ =
  30. 30.What is the value of 3⁶ × 3⁻¹? =
  31. 31.What is the value of 3¹ × 3⁻³? =
  32. 32.4.6 × 10³ =
  33. 33.What is the value of 2⁹? =
  34. 34.What is the value of 7²? =
  35. 35.4.8 × 10³ =
  36. 36.What is the value of 10⁻¹ (as a fraction)? =
  37. 37.What is the value of 2³ × 2⁻²? =
  38. 38.What is the value of 2⁵ × 2⁻³? =
  39. 39.What is the value of 7⁻³ (as a fraction)? =
  40. 40.Write 2,90,00,000 in standard form as 2.9 × 10ⁿ. What is n?

Answer key

  1. 1/125
  2. 6561
  3. 650
  4. 4
  5. 49
  6. 0.0013
  7. 21
  8. 1
  9. 1/2
  10. 0.00036
  11. 16384
  12. 0.08
  13. 16
  14. 8
  15. 0.17
  16. 2
  17. 7776
  18. 12
  19. 570000
  20. 34000
  21. 900
  22. 1
  23. 625
  24. 1
  25. 1/7
  26. 0.027
  27. 0.76
  28. 12
  29. 21000
  30. 243
  31. 1/9
  32. 4600
  33. 512
  34. 49
  35. 4800
  36. 1/10
  37. 2
  38. 4
  39. 1/343
  40. 7

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