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Class 8 Maths Worksheet: Exponents and Powers

Maths worksheets lesson 57: Exponents and powers · Set 210 · 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? =
  2. 2.What is the value of 3⁶ × 3⁻⁶? =
  3. 3.What is the value of 7²? =
  4. 4.Write 6.1 × 10⁻¹ as a decimal. =
  5. 5.1.7 × 10² =
  6. 6.What is the value of 5⁶? =
  7. 7.What is the value of (1/3)⁻²? =
  8. 8.Write 7.8 × 10⁻³ as a decimal. =
  9. 9.Write 8.3 × 10⁻⁴ as a decimal. =
  10. 10.8.5 × 10⁶ =
  11. 11.9 × 10⁵ =
  12. 12.Write 5.2 × 10⁻³ as a decimal. =
  13. 13.Write 3.1 × 10⁻³ as a decimal. =
  14. 14.What is the value of 9²? =
  15. 15.What is the value of 2⁶? =
  16. 16.What is the value of (4/9)⁻²? =
  17. 17.Write 4.2 × 10⁻³ as a decimal. =
  18. 18.What is the value of 2⁴ × 2⁻³? =
  19. 19.Write 3.3 × 10⁻² as a decimal. =
  20. 20.What is the value of 3¹ × 3⁻⁴? =
  21. 21.Write 6¹⁰ ÷ 6⁷ as a single power 6ⁿ. What is n?
  22. 22.Write (2⁹)³ as a single power 2ⁿ. What is n?
  23. 23.What is the value of (2/5)⁻²? =
  24. 24.Write 3¹⁷ ÷ 3⁹ as a single power 3ⁿ. What is n?
  25. 25.What is the value of 4⁶? =
  26. 26.What is the value of 2² × 2⁻¹? =
  27. 27.What is the value of 8⁻² (as a fraction)? =
  28. 28.What is the value of (1/9)⁻²? =
  29. 29.Write (3⁶)² as a single power 3ⁿ. What is n?
  30. 30.What is the value of 5⁵ × 5⁻³? =
  31. 31.Write 2.9 × 10⁻¹ as a decimal. =
  32. 32.Write 6,900 in standard form as 6.9 × 10ⁿ. What is n?
  33. 33.Write 4.3 × 10⁻³ as a decimal. =
  34. 34.Write 2.1 × 10⁻³ as a decimal. =
  35. 35.Write 6³ × 6² as a single power 6ⁿ. What is n?
  36. 36.Write 6.7 × 10⁻² as a decimal. =
  37. 37.1.3 × 10³ =
  38. 38.3.9 × 10⁴ =
  39. 39.Write 3.1 × 10⁻¹ as a decimal. =
  40. 40.Write 8⁷ ÷ 8² as a single power 8ⁿ. What is n?

Answer key

  1. 25
  2. 1
  3. 49
  4. 0.61
  5. 170
  6. 15625
  7. 9
  8. 0.0078
  9. 0.00083
  10. 8500000
  11. 900000
  12. 0.0052
  13. 0.0031
  14. 81
  15. 64
  16. 81/16
  17. 0.0042
  18. 2
  19. 0.033
  20. 1/27
  21. 3
  22. 27
  23. 25/4
  24. 8
  25. 4096
  26. 2
  27. 1/64
  28. 81
  29. 12
  30. 25
  31. 0.29
  32. 3
  33. 0.0043
  34. 0.0021
  35. 5
  36. 0.067
  37. 1300
  38. 39000
  39. 0.31
  40. 5

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