Exponents & Indices

Q1. Simplify the expression. The simplified expression should have no negative exponents.
3
6
 0
 31. (3 x 3 y 2 )(-6  20 xy 8  5 x 3 y 5
1. x5  15. 3a   4a 
3

y5 ) 43. 4 2

2 3x y  2 y 3
2. 3 x 2   4 x3  2 2 32.

16.  a b
3 5
 a b
4

(5 p 3 )( m 8 p 2 ) 2
 4 x 3 y 2  y4
44.   
3. 67  69 35  6 xy 
3 
x 6 y 5
4
17. 33. (10 g 3 h 8 v 6 )(11gh 8 )
4.  2x   4
2

0 18.   6 x 2 y 2
5.  5   x 7 34. ( 4 f 9 h 3 )(5 f 6 )( 3h 2 45.
)
3 y 4
1 5
19. 2  2
3
1
1
20. x 0 y 4  
35.  2 2 x 3 y 4 ( 3) 2 x 4 y 4   2 x3 y 2 
6. 46.  
  
21. 5x y  3 5 2
 3 xy 
 3 36. ( g 3  g 2 ) 4
y8 22.  2 x  4 x 
2 3 8
37. 3x )(− ) 4 5  43
7. 47.
y9 6 -3 5
38. (-28a b c ) / 42
23. a7(a8)(a) a 12 b 3
8. x3  x4  x 2 (7a11b-5c5)
24. (3m4n6)(2mn)0 48.
2
(2m2n)
39. (-2ab7 )3 / a 5b5
9.
x  3
25. (-1x5y6)10 (-a4b2)  5 x 13 y 5 z 2 
2

3
40. 2x y • 49.  
x  5 26. (5m3n)(-2mn3)
(3z ) /
 35
2

4
10.  x 
2 ( (3z ) . 2xy )
27. (7ab) (-a4b3)2 . 3
 4c 5 
1 (2a5b6)-1 3
15 x z 5
50.  
11.  3 
2 41. 0
28. (- 25 y  4  8d 
2
1 9x3y4)(1/3x5)(  x 8 
m 5 51.  11 
12. -2y2) 42. 7
3x 3 29. (7x2)(2x3) m  m 4 y 
13. ( 3 x 3 ) 4 (2 x 3 )  ( x 4 ) 2
30. ( 6x 2 )( 4x 2 ) 52.
14. 4
0
8 x11

Q2. Rewrite the number in decimal form.

1. 3.2 x 10 -2 5. 4.3269  10
3 8. 2.023x10-3
3
2. 2.1 x 10 5
9. 0.002x10-3
3. 4.6 x 10-4 6. 7.1532  10 10. 3.069 x106
4. 7.222 x 10-3 7. 2.5 x102
Q3. Rewrite the number in scientific notation.

1. 0.0032 2. 1042000 3. 150 ,000

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4. 0.000002 6. 0.00045 8. 0.0100

5. 0.046 7. 0.000820 9. 0.006050

Q4. Evaluate the expression without using a calculator. Write the result in decimal form.
1.  6  10    7 10 
2 3
8.2 10  7.9 10 
3 5
6.
 4.9 x10 
1

3.
7.85 10 26 7.3 1016  5.5x10 
2

2.
6.02 1023  4.56 x10  3

4.  2.6 x10 1.6 x10 

2 3
7.
1.35x10 
5

5.  2.46 x10  5.5 x10 

4 5

Q5. Study the pattern and write your observation about the nature of unit place of the result.

Exponent Result Exponent Result Exponent Result Exponent Result

21 31 41 61

22 32 42 62
23 33 43 63
24 34 44 64

25 35 45 65
26 36 51 71
27 37 52 72

28 38 53 73
29 39 54 74

210 310 55 75

Simplify the expression.

2 3 52
1. 42  4 4 2. 5  3.
55
3
3 22 3
4.   5. 9 6.  9  9 
7 2
5 2 3 5
7. a 6  a 3 8. x  9.  4a b 
2

x8 x5 x6
10. 11. 12.
x6 x8 x6
2
 4a 3  2 5 3
13.  4  14. 2 x 
3
15. x 4
y7
 2b 

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x 11 y 10 5x 3 y 9
16. 17. 3x 4 y 0 18.
x 3 y 1 20x 2y 2
x5 x 5y 2 3 0
19.
x 2
20.
x 4y 0
21. x 
3 x 1 y 2
22. 10x 5y 3  23.
xy 2
24.  4x 2
y 5

2x 2 y xy 9 7 y 12xy 7 x 5y 2
25. 26.  27. 
6xy 1 3y 2 21x 5 7x 4 4y
4 2
 b2  2 3 4  24 x5 y 4  2 xy 2 
28.  3  29. 3 x y  5 x y  30.  2   
a   3 x y  3 xy 
5
 3m 2 n 7  18c 3 9 a 3b 5
31)   32) 33)
 m  3c 2 3ab 2
48c 2 d 4 22 y 6 z8 2 y 1
34) 35) 36) 
8cd 2 yz 7 2y
8r  4 z x 1 z x x
37) r 1  38)  39) 
8 zx z y 3
40. What is the area of the rectangle with the width of 6 x 2 and the length of 12 x 3 ?
41. What is the area of a square with the length of a side equaling 3a 5 ?
42. The expression 2a 2 b 3 is equivalent to
b3 a 2 1 2b 3
a) 2 b) 3 c) 2 3 d) 2
2a 2b 2a b a
2
12 x
43. The expression is equivalent to
(3x ) 1
a) 4 x 3 b) 36 x 3 c) 36 x 1 d) 4 x 1
44. The expression (9a 1 )(3a) 2 is equivalent to
a) a 3 b) 81a 3 c) 27a 3 d) 27a
0 1
45. The expression 4a  4 is equivalent to
1 1 1
a) 1 b) 1 c) 4 d)
4 4 4
0
( 2a )
46. The expression , when a = 3, is equal to
2a  2
9 1
a) 9 b) c) d) 18
2 18
Write each expression by radical sign:
1 1 1
47. b 5 48. (3 x ) 2 49. (ab) 4

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Use exponent to write each radical:

50. 3x 52. 2(5 x ) 54.  3 2
51. 3 5x 53. x 3 y
Evaluate each expression:
1 3 1 1 2

55. 16 2
59. 32 5  4 2 66. 8 3  8 3
1 2
63.   1
  25 
56. 125 3
60. (8) 3 1 67.  4 0  4 2

1 1

2 9 2
57. (125) 3
61. 27 3 64.   68. (30  3) 2
1 3
 16 
 1
4
58. 81 62. 81 4 2 2
65. 4  4
1 1
27 3 3
69. Find the value of a when a  74. If b  64, then b is equal to
8
3
1 1
a) 4 b)  4 c) d) 
70. If k = 4, find the value of (9k 0 ) 2 4 4
1 1
2
71. If g ( x)  4 x , find the value of g(25) 75. If a  9, then a 2 is
1 1 1
2 a) 3 b) c)  d)  3
2x 3 3
72. The expression is equivalent to
x 1 8
1
76. If x  , then x 3 is equal to
a) 2 x b) 2 x c) 23 x d) 2x 3 9
3
73. The expression 34 3 can be written as 2 3 9 2
3 4 5 4
a) b) c) d) 3
4 3 4 5
3 2 2 9
a) 3 b) 3 c) 3 d) 3

Fill in the blanks for the chart below.

Example of a function Degree of the Name/type of function
function
4 3
f ( x)  x  5 x  2

f ( x)  x 5
f ( x)  x 3

f ( x)  7

f ( x)  2 x  3

f ( x)  9 x 2

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