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Class 8 Maths Worksheet: Exponents and Powers

Maths worksheets lesson 57: Exponents and powers · Set 129 · 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. 1.7.2 × 10⁵ =
  2. 2.What is the value of 2⁴ × 2⁻⁵? =
  3. 3.Write 79,00,000 in standard form as 7.9 × 10ⁿ. What is n?
  4. 4.What is the value of 5⁴ × 5⁻⁵? =
  5. 5.What is the value of (3/7)⁻²? =
  6. 6.What is the value of 2¹ × 2⁻⁴? =
  7. 7.7.1 × 10⁷ =
  8. 8.What is the value of (3/5)⁻¹? =
  9. 9.What is the value of (2/3)⁻²? =
  10. 10.What is the value of 4⁴? =
  11. 11.Write 1,300 in standard form as 1.3 × 10ⁿ. What is n?
  12. 12.What is the value of 3⁷? =
  13. 13.What is the value of 2¹⁰? =
  14. 14.Write 7.4 × 10⁻¹ as a decimal. =
  15. 15.Write 8 × 10⁻³ as a decimal. =
  16. 16.3.3 × 10⁶ =
  17. 17.Write 4.8 × 10⁻² as a decimal. =
  18. 18.What is the value of 6⁵? =
  19. 19.What is the value of 2⁵ × 2⁻⁴? =
  20. 20.What is the value of 2³ × 2⁻⁵? =
  21. 21.What is the value of 2⁻⁶ (as a fraction)? =
  22. 22.What is the value of 3² × 3⁻⁵? =
  23. 23.Write 5 × 10⁻¹ as a decimal. =
  24. 24.What is the value of 3⁻³ (as a fraction)? =
  25. 25.Write 3.1 × 10⁻¹ as a decimal. =
  26. 26.What is the value of 5³ × 5⁻²? =
  27. 27.Write 730 in standard form as 7.3 × 10ⁿ. What is n?
  28. 28.What is the value of 5⁴ × 5⁻⁶? =
  29. 29.Write 8.8 × 10⁻¹ as a decimal. =
  30. 30.What is the value of (3/4)⁻²? =
  31. 31.Write 5 × 10⁻³ as a decimal. =
  32. 32.3.5 × 10² =
  33. 33.What is the value of 6³? =
  34. 34.Write 4.7 × 10⁻³ as a decimal. =
  35. 35.Write 9⁵ × 9⁴ as a single power 9ⁿ. What is n?
  36. 36.Write 3.5 × 10⁻² as a decimal. =
  37. 37.What is the value of 5⁷? =
  38. 38.Write 2.1 × 10⁻² as a decimal. =
  39. 39.Write 9.6 × 10⁻³ as a decimal. =
  40. 40.2.7 × 10⁷ =

Answer key

  1. 720000
  2. 1/2
  3. 6
  4. 1/5
  5. 49/9
  6. 1/8
  7. 71000000
  8. 5/3
  9. 9/4
  10. 256
  11. 3
  12. 2187
  13. 1024
  14. 0.74
  15. 0.008
  16. 3300000
  17. 0.048
  18. 7776
  19. 2
  20. 1/4
  21. 1/64
  22. 1/27
  23. 0.5
  24. 1/27
  25. 0.31
  26. 5
  27. 2
  28. 1/25
  29. 0.88
  30. 16/9
  31. 0.005
  32. 350
  33. 216
  34. 0.0047
  35. 9
  36. 0.035
  37. 78125
  38. 0.021
  39. 0.0096
  40. 27000000

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