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Class 8 Maths Worksheet: Exponents and Powers

Maths worksheets lesson 57: Exponents and powers · Set 887 · 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.

NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
  1. 1.Write 6.9 × 10⁻⁴ as a decimal. =
  2. 2.Write 6.6 × 10⁻¹ as a decimal. =
  3. 3.Write 9.8 × 10⁻¹ as a decimal. =
  4. 4.Write 4⁷ × 4⁵ as a single power 4ⁿ. What is n?
  5. 5.What is the value of 5¹ × 5⁻⁶? =
  6. 6.What is the value of 10³ × 10⁻²? =
  7. 7.Write (4²)⁸ as a single power 4ⁿ. What is n?
  8. 8.Write 1.9 × 10⁻¹ as a decimal. =
  9. 9.5.1 × 10³ =
  10. 10.Write 4¹³ ÷ 4⁴ as a single power 4ⁿ. What is n?
  11. 11.Write (3⁹)³ as a single power 3ⁿ. What is n?
  12. 12.What is the value of 2⁻² (as a fraction)? =
  13. 13.What is the value of 5⁵? =
  14. 14.What is the value of 3¹⁰? =
  15. 15.Write 5.4 × 10⁻² as a decimal. =
  16. 16.9.7 × 10⁷ =
  17. 17.Write 6,300 in standard form as 6.3 × 10ⁿ. What is n?
  18. 18.What is the value of 2¹³? =
  19. 19.What is the value of 8²? =
  20. 20.Write 5.6 × 10⁻⁴ as a decimal. =
  21. 21.Write 5.4 × 10⁻³ as a decimal. =
  22. 22.Write (2⁹)³ as a single power 2ⁿ. What is n?
  23. 23.Write 6,10,000 in standard form as 6.1 × 10ⁿ. What is n?
  24. 24.Write 8⁴ × 8³ as a single power 8ⁿ. What is n?
  25. 25.Write 4.3 × 10⁻² as a decimal. =
  26. 26.What is the value of 9⁴? =
  27. 27.What is the value of 3⁴? =
  28. 28.What is the value of (4/9)⁻¹? =
  29. 29.What is the value of 2¹⁵? =
  30. 30.What is the value of 5⁶ × 5⁻³? =
  31. 31.What is the value of 2³ × 2⁻⁵? =
  32. 32.What is the value of (4/5)⁻¹? =
  33. 33.Write 1.7 × 10⁻³ as a decimal. =
  34. 34.Write 2.6 × 10⁻¹ as a decimal. =
  35. 35.Write (9⁷)⁷ as a single power 9ⁿ. What is n?
  36. 36.What is the value of 2⁶? =
  37. 37.What is the value of 2¹⁶? =
  38. 38.Write 8.7 × 10⁻² as a decimal. =
  39. 39.What is the value of 3² × 3⁻⁵? =
  40. 40.What is the value of (1/6)⁻²? =

Answer key

  1. 0.00069
  2. 0.66
  3. 0.98
  4. 12
  5. 1/3125
  6. 10
  7. 16
  8. 0.19
  9. 5100
  10. 9
  11. 27
  12. 1/4
  13. 3125
  14. 59049
  15. 0.054
  16. 97000000
  17. 3
  18. 8192
  19. 64
  20. 0.00056
  21. 0.0054
  22. 27
  23. 5
  24. 7
  25. 0.043
  26. 6561
  27. 81
  28. 9/4
  29. 32768
  30. 125
  31. 1/4
  32. 5/4
  33. 0.0017
  34. 0.26
  35. 49
  36. 64
  37. 65536
  38. 0.087
  39. 1/27
  40. 36

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