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Class 8 Maths Worksheet: Exponents and Powers

Maths worksheets lesson 57: Exponents and powers · Set 744 · 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. 1.6.1 × 10⁷ =
  2. 2.Write 2.7 × 10⁻¹ as a decimal. =
  3. 3.What is the value of 5⁵ × 5⁻⁶? =
  4. 4.What is the value of 2¹ × 2⁻⁵? =
  5. 5.What is the value of (2/5)⁻²? =
  6. 6.What is the value of (1/9)⁻¹? =
  7. 7.3.8 × 10⁷ =
  8. 8.What is the value of 3³? =
  9. 9.What is the value of (5/8)⁻²? =
  10. 10.What is the value of 5³? =
  11. 11.Write 6.1 × 10⁻³ as a decimal. =
  12. 12.Write 8¹⁷ ÷ 8⁹ as a single power 8ⁿ. What is n?
  13. 13.1.6 × 10⁶ =
  14. 14.What is the value of 4⁻¹ (as a fraction)? =
  15. 15.What is the value of 10⁴? =
  16. 16.What is the value of (7/8)⁻¹? =
  17. 17.Write 7.3 × 10⁻¹ as a decimal. =
  18. 18.8.3 × 10⁷ =
  19. 19.What is the value of 3¹ × 3⁻³? =
  20. 20.What is the value of 3² × 3⁻¹? =
  21. 21.Write 440 in standard form as 4.4 × 10ⁿ. What is n?
  22. 22.What is the value of 5⁶? =
  23. 23.Write (4⁸)⁷ as a single power 4ⁿ. What is n?
  24. 24.What is the value of 6⁻² (as a fraction)? =
  25. 25.Write 6⁶ ÷ 6³ as a single power 6ⁿ. What is n?
  26. 26.What is the value of 2⁷? =
  27. 27.Write (7²)² as a single power 7ⁿ. What is n?
  28. 28.What is the value of 2² × 2⁻⁵? =
  29. 29.What is the value of (3/5)⁻¹? =
  30. 30.Write 1.5 × 10⁻¹ as a decimal. =
  31. 31.What is the value of 5⁴ × 5⁻⁵? =
  32. 32.4.9 × 10⁷ =
  33. 33.Write 9.8 × 10⁻⁴ as a decimal. =
  34. 34.What is the value of (2/5)⁻¹? =
  35. 35.What is the value of 7³? =
  36. 36.What is the value of 10² × 10⁻³? =
  37. 37.What is the value of 3⁸? =
  38. 38.Write 1.9 × 10⁻¹ as a decimal. =
  39. 39.Write (2⁴)⁸ as a single power 2ⁿ. What is n?
  40. 40.What is the value of (1/8)⁻²? =

Answer key

  1. 61000000
  2. 0.27
  3. 1/5
  4. 1/16
  5. 25/4
  6. 9
  7. 38000000
  8. 27
  9. 64/25
  10. 125
  11. 0.0061
  12. 8
  13. 1600000
  14. 1/4
  15. 10000
  16. 8/7
  17. 0.73
  18. 83000000
  19. 1/9
  20. 3
  21. 2
  22. 15625
  23. 56
  24. 1/36
  25. 3
  26. 128
  27. 4
  28. 1/8
  29. 5/3
  30. 0.15
  31. 1/5
  32. 49000000
  33. 0.00098
  34. 5/2
  35. 343
  36. 1/10
  37. 6561
  38. 0.19
  39. 32
  40. 64

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