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Class 8 Maths Worksheet: Exponents and Powers

Maths worksheets lesson 57: Exponents and powers · Set 821 · 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 (4/7)⁻²? =
  2. 2.Write 7⁷ × 7⁸ as a single power 7ⁿ. What is n?
  3. 3.6.2 × 10³ =
  4. 4.What is the value of 10¹ × 10⁻²? =
  5. 5.2.3 × 10⁶ =
  6. 6.Write 2³ × 2⁷ as a single power 2ⁿ. What is n?
  7. 7.What is the value of 2⁴ × 2⁻¹? =
  8. 8.What is the value of 3²? =
  9. 9.2.6 × 10² =
  10. 10.Write 5⁵ × 5³ as a single power 5ⁿ. What is n?
  11. 11.What is the value of 6⁻² (as a fraction)? =
  12. 12.Write (4⁵)² as a single power 4ⁿ. What is n?
  13. 13.What is the value of 5⁴? =
  14. 14.Write 27,000 in standard form as 2.7 × 10ⁿ. What is n?
  15. 15.Write (9³)⁵ as a single power 9ⁿ. What is n?
  16. 16.8.7 × 10⁴ =
  17. 17.Write (7²)² as a single power 7ⁿ. What is n?
  18. 18.Write (9⁴)⁴ as a single power 9ⁿ. What is n?
  19. 19.What is the value of 2⁹? =
  20. 20.What is the value of 2² × 2⁻¹? =
  21. 21.What is the value of (4/5)⁻¹? =
  22. 22.5.7 × 10⁴ =
  23. 23.5.8 × 10⁵ =
  24. 24.Write 4.5 × 10⁻⁴ as a decimal. =
  25. 25.What is the value of 6⁵? =
  26. 26.What is the value of (1/8)⁻²? =
  27. 27.What is the value of 3¹ × 3⁻⁴? =
  28. 28.Write 1.1 × 10⁻³ as a decimal. =
  29. 29.What is the value of 6³? =
  30. 30.What is the value of (1/8)⁻¹? =
  31. 31.8.5 × 10⁴ =
  32. 32.What is the value of (7/9)⁻²? =
  33. 33.What is the value of 5⁻³ (as a fraction)? =
  34. 34.8.4 × 10² =
  35. 35.Write (3³)⁵ as a single power 3ⁿ. What is n?
  36. 36.What is the value of 4⁻¹ (as a fraction)? =
  37. 37.8 × 10⁷ =
  38. 38.What is the value of 5² × 5⁻²? =
  39. 39.What is the value of 2⁷? =
  40. 40.Write (7⁵)² as a single power 7ⁿ. What is n?

Answer key

  1. 49/16
  2. 15
  3. 6200
  4. 1/10
  5. 2300000
  6. 10
  7. 8
  8. 9
  9. 260
  10. 8
  11. 1/36
  12. 10
  13. 625
  14. 4
  15. 15
  16. 87000
  17. 4
  18. 16
  19. 512
  20. 2
  21. 5/4
  22. 57000
  23. 580000
  24. 0.00045
  25. 7776
  26. 64
  27. 1/27
  28. 0.0011
  29. 216
  30. 8
  31. 85000
  32. 81/49
  33. 1/125
  34. 840
  35. 15
  36. 1/4
  37. 80000000
  38. 1
  39. 128
  40. 10

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