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Class 8 Maths Worksheet: Exponents and Powers

Maths worksheets lesson 57: Exponents and powers · Set 893 · 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 9.5 × 10⁻³ as a decimal. =
  2. 2.What is the value of 2¹⁶? =
  3. 3.What is the value of 9³? =
  4. 4.Write 7.1 × 10⁻³ as a decimal. =
  5. 5.What is the value of 2⁵ × 2⁻¹? =
  6. 6.3.2 × 10³ =
  7. 7.What is the value of 10⁵? =
  8. 8.3.2 × 10⁷ =
  9. 9.What is the value of 3⁵ × 3⁻¹? =
  10. 10.Write 4⁴ × 4⁸ as a single power 4ⁿ. What is n?
  11. 11.Write 4.9 × 10⁻¹ as a decimal. =
  12. 12.What is the value of 2⁸? =
  13. 13.What is the value of (2/5)⁻¹? =
  14. 14.What is the value of 5⁶ × 5⁻³? =
  15. 15.What is the value of 8⁵? =
  16. 16.What is the value of (1/5)⁻¹? =
  17. 17.Write 9.2 × 10⁻³ as a decimal. =
  18. 18.What is the value of 2¹²? =
  19. 19.What is the value of 5² × 5⁻⁵? =
  20. 20.What is the value of 10³? =
  21. 21.Write 6,40,000 in standard form as 6.4 × 10ⁿ. What is n?
  22. 22.Write 9.6 × 10⁻⁴ as a decimal. =
  23. 23.What is the value of 10⁴ × 10⁻¹? =
  24. 24.What is the value of 5⁴ × 5⁻³? =
  25. 25.What is the value of 10¹ × 10⁻²? =
  26. 26.Write (5³)⁸ as a single power 5ⁿ. What is n?
  27. 27.Write 9⁸ × 9⁸ as a single power 9ⁿ. What is n?
  28. 28.Write 3 × 10⁻¹ as a decimal. =
  29. 29.Write (7²)³ as a single power 7ⁿ. What is n?
  30. 30.7 × 10³ =
  31. 31.4.7 × 10² =
  32. 32.Write 6.4 × 10⁻⁴ as a decimal. =
  33. 33.What is the value of 5³ × 5⁻⁵? =
  34. 34.Write 6.3 × 10⁻² as a decimal. =
  35. 35.What is the value of 5⁻² (as a fraction)? =
  36. 36.What is the value of 5⁴ × 5⁻⁴? =
  37. 37.Write 3.8 × 10⁻⁴ as a decimal. =
  38. 38.What is the value of 7⁴? =
  39. 39.What is the value of 6³? =
  40. 40.Write 5² × 5⁶ as a single power 5ⁿ. What is n?

Answer key

  1. 0.0095
  2. 65536
  3. 729
  4. 0.0071
  5. 16
  6. 3200
  7. 100000
  8. 32000000
  9. 81
  10. 12
  11. 0.49
  12. 256
  13. 5/2
  14. 125
  15. 32768
  16. 5
  17. 0.0092
  18. 4096
  19. 1/125
  20. 1000
  21. 5
  22. 0.00096
  23. 1000
  24. 5
  25. 1/10
  26. 24
  27. 16
  28. 0.3
  29. 6
  30. 7000
  31. 470
  32. 0.00064
  33. 1/25
  34. 0.063
  35. 1/25
  36. 1
  37. 0.00038
  38. 2401
  39. 216
  40. 8

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