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Class 8 Maths Worksheet: Exponents and Powers

Maths worksheets lesson 57: Exponents and powers · Set 144 · 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 8⁻³ (as a fraction)? =
  2. 2.What is the value of 9⁵? =
  3. 3.Write 5.8 × 10⁻⁴ as a decimal. =
  4. 4.What is the value of 2⁵? =
  5. 5.6.5 × 10⁵ =
  6. 6.5.4 × 10² =
  7. 7.What is the value of 9²? =
  8. 8.What is the value of 10¹ × 10⁻⁵? =
  9. 9.7.6 × 10⁴ =
  10. 10.Write 67,000 in standard form as 6.7 × 10ⁿ. What is n?
  11. 11.What is the value of 3⁹? =
  12. 12.Write 7¹² ÷ 7³ as a single power 7ⁿ. What is n?
  13. 13.What is the value of 2¹ × 2⁻²? =
  14. 14.Write 3⁸ × 3⁵ as a single power 3ⁿ. What is n?
  15. 15.What is the value of (3/5)⁻¹? =
  16. 16.Write 1,60,000 in standard form as 1.6 × 10ⁿ. What is n?
  17. 17.Write 6⁴ × 6⁹ as a single power 6ⁿ. What is n?
  18. 18.What is the value of 10⁵ × 10⁻³? =
  19. 19.What is the value of 3⁻² (as a fraction)? =
  20. 20.3.3 × 10⁶ =
  21. 21.Write 7¹² ÷ 7⁷ as a single power 7ⁿ. What is n?
  22. 22.Write 5.2 × 10⁻¹ as a decimal. =
  23. 23.What is the value of 2⁶? =
  24. 24.Write 8.6 × 10⁻² as a decimal. =
  25. 25.What is the value of 10⁴? =
  26. 26.What is the value of (7/8)⁻¹? =
  27. 27.3.1 × 10⁵ =
  28. 28.What is the value of 2¹¹? =
  29. 29.What is the value of 5³? =
  30. 30.What is the value of 5² × 5⁻³? =
  31. 31.What is the value of 2³? =
  32. 32.What is the value of 3⁸? =
  33. 33.What is the value of 3³ × 3⁻⁴? =
  34. 34.What is the value of 5³ × 5⁻¹? =
  35. 35.What is the value of 4⁻¹ (as a fraction)? =
  36. 36.What is the value of (1/5)⁻¹? =
  37. 37.What is the value of 7⁵? =
  38. 38.What is the value of 2⁷? =
  39. 39.What is the value of (5/6)⁻¹? =
  40. 40.What is the value of 7³? =

Answer key

  1. 1/512
  2. 59049
  3. 0.00058
  4. 32
  5. 650000
  6. 540
  7. 81
  8. 1/10000
  9. 76000
  10. 4
  11. 19683
  12. 9
  13. 1/2
  14. 13
  15. 5/3
  16. 5
  17. 13
  18. 100
  19. 1/9
  20. 3300000
  21. 5
  22. 0.52
  23. 64
  24. 0.086
  25. 10000
  26. 8/7
  27. 310000
  28. 2048
  29. 125
  30. 1/5
  31. 8
  32. 6561
  33. 1/3
  34. 25
  35. 1/4
  36. 5
  37. 16807
  38. 128
  39. 6/5
  40. 343

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