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Class 8 Maths Worksheet: Exponents and Powers

Maths worksheets lesson 57: Exponents and powers · Set 934 · 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. 1.5.8 × 10⁷ =
  2. 2.Write 8.6 × 10⁻⁴ as a decimal. =
  3. 3.Write 5.2 × 10⁻² as a decimal. =
  4. 4.What is the value of 3² × 3⁻³? =
  5. 5.What is the value of 4⁶? =
  6. 6.Write 8.2 × 10⁻³ as a decimal. =
  7. 7.What is the value of 3¹⁰? =
  8. 8.Write 3.6 × 10⁻¹ as a decimal. =
  9. 9.What is the value of 3⁹? =
  10. 10.What is the value of 10³? =
  11. 11.What is the value of 5¹ × 5⁻¹? =
  12. 12.Write 4.7 × 10⁻⁴ as a decimal. =
  13. 13.Write 9,600 in standard form as 9.6 × 10ⁿ. What is n?
  14. 14.What is the value of 3⁷? =
  15. 15.What is the value of 2⁻⁸ (as a fraction)? =
  16. 16.What is the value of 3⁻⁴ (as a fraction)? =
  17. 17.What is the value of 3² × 3⁻⁵? =
  18. 18.Write 9.5 × 10⁻¹ as a decimal. =
  19. 19.What is the value of 10² × 10⁻²? =
  20. 20.What is the value of 2¹⁴? =
  21. 21.6.9 × 10² =
  22. 22.What is the value of 4⁻¹ (as a fraction)? =
  23. 23.3.7 × 10³ =
  24. 24.What is the value of (4/7)⁻¹? =
  25. 25.Write 1.8 × 10⁻² as a decimal. =
  26. 26.4.7 × 10² =
  27. 27.What is the value of (3/8)⁻²? =
  28. 28.What is the value of 3⁵? =
  29. 29.Write 7⁹ × 7⁶ as a single power 7ⁿ. What is n?
  30. 30.What is the value of 5³ × 5⁻¹? =
  31. 31.What is the value of (3/8)⁻¹? =
  32. 32.Write 8¹³ ÷ 8⁷ as a single power 8ⁿ. What is n?
  33. 33.What is the value of 4⁷? =
  34. 34.What is the value of 5⁶? =
  35. 35.Write 2² × 2⁶ as a single power 2ⁿ. What is n?
  36. 36.What is the value of 2⁵? =
  37. 37.Write 3¹² ÷ 3⁴ as a single power 3ⁿ. What is n?
  38. 38.What is the value of 3⁻⁶ (as a fraction)? =
  39. 39.9.8 × 10³ =
  40. 40.Write 6³ × 6⁹ as a single power 6ⁿ. What is n?

Answer key

  1. 58000000
  2. 0.00086
  3. 0.052
  4. 1/3
  5. 4096
  6. 0.0082
  7. 59049
  8. 0.36
  9. 19683
  10. 1000
  11. 1
  12. 0.00047
  13. 3
  14. 2187
  15. 1/256
  16. 1/81
  17. 1/27
  18. 0.95
  19. 1
  20. 16384
  21. 690
  22. 1/4
  23. 3700
  24. 7/4
  25. 0.018
  26. 470
  27. 64/9
  28. 243
  29. 15
  30. 25
  31. 8/3
  32. 6
  33. 16384
  34. 15625
  35. 8
  36. 32
  37. 8
  38. 1/729
  39. 9800
  40. 12

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