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Class 8 Maths Worksheet: Exponents and Powers

Maths worksheets lesson 57: Exponents and powers · Set 38 · 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.Write 4⁸ ÷ 4⁴ as a single power 4ⁿ. What is n?
  2. 2.What is the value of 5⁷? =
  3. 3.Write 3.8 × 10⁻¹ as a decimal. =
  4. 4.What is the value of 4³? =
  5. 5.Write 4.4 × 10⁻¹ as a decimal. =
  6. 6.What is the value of 10⁵ × 10⁻²? =
  7. 7.What is the value of 5⁴ × 5⁻⁵? =
  8. 8.What is the value of 4²? =
  9. 9.What is the value of 10⁵ × 10⁻⁴? =
  10. 10.What is the value of 2³? =
  11. 11.What is the value of (5/8)⁻²? =
  12. 12.What is the value of 2² × 2⁻²? =
  13. 13.What is the value of 10² × 10⁻⁶? =
  14. 14.What is the value of 7³? =
  15. 15.Write 940 in standard form as 9.4 × 10ⁿ. What is n?
  16. 16.9.9 × 10² =
  17. 17.What is the value of 10³? =
  18. 18.9 × 10² =
  19. 19.What is the value of 2²? =
  20. 20.Write 390 in standard form as 3.9 × 10ⁿ. What is n?
  21. 21.Write 5.3 × 10⁻¹ as a decimal. =
  22. 22.Write 4,30,00,000 in standard form as 4.3 × 10ⁿ. What is n?
  23. 23.What is the value of 3³? =
  24. 24.What is the value of (1/3)⁻¹? =
  25. 25.Write 5.9 × 10⁻⁴ as a decimal. =
  26. 26.Write 9.3 × 10⁻³ as a decimal. =
  27. 27.What is the value of 3¹ × 3⁻²? =
  28. 28.What is the value of 2³ × 2⁻²? =
  29. 29.What is the value of 6⁻³ (as a fraction)? =
  30. 30.Write 3.2 × 10⁻² as a decimal. =
  31. 31.What is the value of (1/4)⁻¹? =
  32. 32.6.2 × 10² =
  33. 33.What is the value of 2¹ × 2⁻¹? =
  34. 34.What is the value of (4/7)⁻²? =
  35. 35.What is the value of 5⁶ × 5⁻²? =
  36. 36.What is the value of 3⁵ × 3⁻³? =
  37. 37.What is the value of 5² × 5⁻³? =
  38. 38.What is the value of 3³ × 3⁻³? =
  39. 39.2.8 × 10³ =
  40. 40.What is the value of 2³ × 2⁻¹? =

Answer key

  1. 4
  2. 78125
  3. 0.38
  4. 64
  5. 0.44
  6. 1000
  7. 1/5
  8. 16
  9. 10
  10. 8
  11. 64/25
  12. 1
  13. 1/10000
  14. 343
  15. 2
  16. 990
  17. 1000
  18. 900
  19. 4
  20. 2
  21. 0.53
  22. 7
  23. 27
  24. 3
  25. 0.00059
  26. 0.0093
  27. 1/3
  28. 2
  29. 1/216
  30. 0.032
  31. 4
  32. 620
  33. 1
  34. 49/16
  35. 625
  36. 9
  37. 1/5
  38. 1
  39. 2800
  40. 4

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