Unit 2 Powers and Exponent Laws Name:____________

Review: 2.1, 2.2, 2.4, 2.5

2
1. Draw a model for 3 1. _______________

3
2. Draw a model for 2 2. _______________

What is the base in  

7
5
3. 3. _______________

3
4. Evaluate 3 4. _______________

5. What is 4 squared? 5. _______________

 2 
5

6. Write using repeated multiplication. 6. _______________

5
7. Write 10 in standard form. 7. _______________

8. Evaluate 5
2
8. _______________

9. What is the exponent? 2? = 16 9. _______________

0
10. Evaluate 57 10. ______________

11. Evaluate -70 + 40 + (-2)0 11. ______________

8 2
12. Which is larger? 2 K or K 8 12. ______________

13. Evaluate (-3)4 13. ______________

14. Evaluate -(-2)3 14. ______________

15. Write 100 000 000 000 000 as a power of 10 15. ______________
16. Complete the following table (14):
Power Multiplication Sentence Standard Form
−53
−16
−[ 3 ×3 ×3 ]
17
−[ −( 1 ) ]
(−4 ) (−4 ) (−4 )(−4 )
64
2
(−7 )

17. Use the exponent laws to reduce each of the following to a SINGLE POWER (18):

a) 36 ×33 b) (−6 )11 ÷ (−6 ) 1015

c)
107

(−7 )3 × (−7 )5 4 11 × 4 15 f) ( 52 )
4

d) e)
(−7 )
7
4 6 × 4 12

9 4 2 4 2
g) [ (−2 )4 ] h) [ ( 5 2) ÷ ( 5 3 ) ]
i)
[
[ (−6 )2 ] × [ (−6 )3 ]
6
(−6 ) ]
18. Apply ‘power of a product’ or ‘power of a quotient’ to evaluate the following (to standard
form) (6):

a) [ 4 × 3 ] 3 2
4
c) [ 22 × 4 2 ]
2
b) []3

19. Can 33 ×24 be simplified to a single power using ‘product of powers’? Show how you would
evaluate this expression (to standard form) (6).

54 0
31 2 2
20. Solve (3): −
[ [ (−3 )2 3 ]
(−3 )
× [ (−3 )
60
]
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