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Class 8 Maths Worksheet: Exponents and Powers

Maths worksheets lesson 57: Exponents and powers · Set 9 · 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 630 in standard form as 6.3 × 10ⁿ. What is n?
  2. 2.What is the value of (5/7)⁻¹? =
  3. 3.What is the value of 3⁻² (as a fraction)? =
  4. 4.What is the value of 2⁴? =
  5. 5.Write (3⁵)² as a single power 3ⁿ. What is n?
  6. 6.What is the value of 5² × 5⁻¹? =
  7. 7.What is the value of 10² × 10⁻¹? =
  8. 8.What is the value of 5² × 5⁻³? =
  9. 9.What is the value of 5² × 5⁻⁵? =
  10. 10.What is the value of 9²? =
  11. 11.Write 5.1 × 10⁻³ as a decimal. =
  12. 12.8.7 × 10⁷ =
  13. 13.What is the value of 2¹ × 2⁻¹? =
  14. 14.Write 9.2 × 10⁻⁴ as a decimal. =
  15. 15.What is the value of 4³? =
  16. 16.What is the value of 6²? =
  17. 17.What is the value of 8⁴? =
  18. 18.What is the value of 3²? =
  19. 19.1.3 × 10⁶ =
  20. 20.Write 8.8 × 10⁻² as a decimal. =
  21. 21.What is the value of (3/8)⁻¹? =
  22. 22.What is the value of 2¹¹? =
  23. 23.4.5 × 10⁷ =
  24. 24.4.4 × 10⁴ =
  25. 25.Write 6⁶ × 6³ as a single power 6ⁿ. What is n?
  26. 26.9.2 × 10² =
  27. 27.Write 5.1 × 10⁻⁴ as a decimal. =
  28. 28.Write 19,000 in standard form as 1.9 × 10ⁿ. What is n?
  29. 29.What is the value of 2¹⁶? =
  30. 30.Write (4³)² as a single power 4ⁿ. What is n?
  31. 31.Write 9⁴ × 9⁴ as a single power 9ⁿ. What is n?
  32. 32.What is the value of 2⁻⁶ (as a fraction)? =
  33. 33.8.7 × 10³ =
  34. 34.8.5 × 10⁶ =
  35. 35.Write (3⁶)⁹ as a single power 3ⁿ. What is n?
  36. 36.What is the value of 5²? =
  37. 37.Write 4⁸ × 4⁶ as a single power 4ⁿ. What is n?
  38. 38.What is the value of 3⁻⁴ (as a fraction)? =
  39. 39.Write 7 × 10⁻¹ as a decimal. =
  40. 40.Write 8.7 × 10⁻⁴ as a decimal. =

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. 7/5
  3. 1/9
  4. 16
  5. 10
  6. 5
  7. 10
  8. 1/5
  9. 1/125
  10. 81
  11. 0.0051
  12. 87000000
  13. 1
  14. 0.00092
  15. 64
  16. 36
  17. 4096
  18. 9
  19. 1300000
  20. 0.088
  21. 8/3
  22. 2048
  23. 45000000
  24. 44000
  25. 9
  26. 920
  27. 0.00051
  28. 4
  29. 65536
  30. 6
  31. 8
  32. 1/64
  33. 8700
  34. 8500000
  35. 54
  36. 25
  37. 14
  38. 1/81
  39. 0.7
  40. 0.00087

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