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Class 8 Maths Worksheet: Exponents and Powers

Maths worksheets lesson 57: Exponents and powers · Set 470 · 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 5³ × 5⁻⁴? =
  2. 2.Write 2¹⁵ ÷ 2⁹ as a single power 2ⁿ. What is n?
  3. 3.What is the value of 8⁴? =
  4. 4.What is the value of 3⁶? =
  5. 5.What is the value of 5⁶ × 5⁻⁴? =
  6. 6.What is the value of 2¹⁰? =
  7. 7.What is the value of 3⁵ × 3⁻⁶? =
  8. 8.7.5 × 10² =
  9. 9.What is the value of 5⁵? =
  10. 10.Write 2.4 × 10⁻⁴ as a decimal. =
  11. 11.Write 3⁷ × 3⁵ as a single power 3ⁿ. What is n?
  12. 12.What is the value of 5³ × 5⁻³? =
  13. 13.What is the value of (3/4)⁻¹? =
  14. 14.What is the value of 6³? =
  15. 15.What is the value of 5²? =
  16. 16.Write (3⁷)⁶ as a single power 3ⁿ. What is n?
  17. 17.What is the value of 2¹ × 2⁻⁵? =
  18. 18.Write 3.2 × 10⁻⁴ as a decimal. =
  19. 19.Write 6,000 in standard form as 6 × 10ⁿ. What is n?
  20. 20.What is the value of 4⁷? =
  21. 21.What is the value of 2⁻⁷ (as a fraction)? =
  22. 22.Write 5.3 × 10⁻¹ as a decimal. =
  23. 23.Write 3.5 × 10⁻³ as a decimal. =
  24. 24.What is the value of 4⁸? =
  25. 25.What is the value of (7/9)⁻¹? =
  26. 26.What is the value of 10¹ × 10⁻³? =
  27. 27.What is the value of 7⁴? =
  28. 28.4.6 × 10⁵ =
  29. 29.3.3 × 10² =
  30. 30.9.8 × 10⁵ =
  31. 31.Write 2⁸ × 2² as a single power 2ⁿ. What is n?
  32. 32.Write 7,900 in standard form as 7.9 × 10ⁿ. What is n?
  33. 33.What is the value of 6⁶? =
  34. 34.Write 3.1 × 10⁻² as a decimal. =
  35. 35.What is the value of 3⁸? =
  36. 36.Write 2² × 2² as a single power 2ⁿ. What is n?
  37. 37.What is the value of 10¹ × 10⁻²? =
  38. 38.9.5 × 10³ =
  39. 39.What is the value of 3⁵ × 3⁻⁵? =
  40. 40.4.3 × 10³ =

Answer key

  1. 1/5
  2. 6
  3. 4096
  4. 729
  5. 25
  6. 1024
  7. 1/3
  8. 750
  9. 3125
  10. 0.00024
  11. 12
  12. 1
  13. 4/3
  14. 216
  15. 25
  16. 42
  17. 1/16
  18. 0.00032
  19. 3
  20. 16384
  21. 1/128
  22. 0.53
  23. 0.0035
  24. 65536
  25. 9/7
  26. 1/100
  27. 2401
  28. 460000
  29. 330
  30. 980000
  31. 10
  32. 3
  33. 46656
  34. 0.031
  35. 6561
  36. 4
  37. 1/10
  38. 9500
  39. 1
  40. 4300

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