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Class 8 Maths Worksheet: Exponents and Powers

Maths worksheets lesson 57: Exponents and powers · Set 358 · 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. 1.8.5 × 10⁶ =
  2. 2.7.9 × 10² =
  3. 3.Write 4⁵ × 4⁵ as a single power 4ⁿ. What is n?
  4. 4.What is the value of 10⁵ × 10⁻⁴? =
  5. 5.What is the value of 2⁶ × 2⁻⁵? =
  6. 6.Write 2⁶ × 2⁹ as a single power 2ⁿ. What is n?
  7. 7.Write 8.2 × 10⁻⁴ as a decimal. =
  8. 8.What is the value of (3/7)⁻²? =
  9. 9.What is the value of 3⁻⁵ (as a fraction)? =
  10. 10.What is the value of (1/9)⁻²? =
  11. 11.8.2 × 10³ =
  12. 12.Write (8⁷)⁸ as a single power 8ⁿ. What is n?
  13. 13.What is the value of 5⁻¹ (as a fraction)? =
  14. 14.Write 8.6 × 10⁻¹ as a decimal. =
  15. 15.3.7 × 10⁷ =
  16. 16.What is the value of 2⁻² (as a fraction)? =
  17. 17.Write 2.6 × 10⁻¹ as a decimal. =
  18. 18.What is the value of (3/5)⁻²? =
  19. 19.What is the value of 2¹⁵? =
  20. 20.What is the value of 3¹ × 3⁻²? =
  21. 21.2.9 × 10⁴ =
  22. 22.6 × 10² =
  23. 23.Write 1.2 × 10⁻³ as a decimal. =
  24. 24.Write 2⁹ × 2³ as a single power 2ⁿ. What is n?
  25. 25.What is the value of (3/5)⁻¹? =
  26. 26.What is the value of 9³? =
  27. 27.What is the value of 4⁶? =
  28. 28.What is the value of (5/9)⁻²? =
  29. 29.Write 4⁷ × 4⁴ as a single power 4ⁿ. What is n?
  30. 30.4.1 × 10² =
  31. 31.1.3 × 10⁵ =
  32. 32.Write 90,00,000 in standard form as 9 × 10ⁿ. What is n?
  33. 33.Write 7.3 × 10⁻¹ as a decimal. =
  34. 34.What is the value of (1/7)⁻¹? =
  35. 35.What is the value of 3⁸? =
  36. 36.Write 6.1 × 10⁻¹ as a decimal. =
  37. 37.Write (8⁵)⁷ as a single power 8ⁿ. What is n?
  38. 38.Write 2⁹ ÷ 2⁶ as a single power 2ⁿ. What is n?
  39. 39.What is the value of (2/9)⁻¹? =
  40. 40.Write 9.6 × 10⁻⁴ as a decimal. =

Answer key

  1. 8500000
  2. 790
  3. 10
  4. 10
  5. 2
  6. 15
  7. 0.00082
  8. 49/9
  9. 1/243
  10. 81
  11. 8200
  12. 56
  13. 1/5
  14. 0.86
  15. 37000000
  16. 1/4
  17. 0.26
  18. 25/9
  19. 32768
  20. 1/3
  21. 29000
  22. 600
  23. 0.0012
  24. 12
  25. 5/3
  26. 729
  27. 4096
  28. 81/25
  29. 11
  30. 410
  31. 130000
  32. 6
  33. 0.73
  34. 7
  35. 6561
  36. 0.61
  37. 35
  38. 3
  39. 9/2
  40. 0.00096

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