Indices Rules - Advanced

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Mark : /24 %

1) Evaluate, giving your answer as a simplified fraction [3]

     a)  7−1

     b)  6−2

     c)  10−3

1 [1]
2) Give your answer in the form   , where a and b are positive integers
ab

       2−2

3) Give your answer in the form  a b, where a and b are integers [1]

1
        3
7

a [1]
4) Give your answer in the form   , where a,b and c are positive integers
bc

       4 ×6−4

a [1]
5) Give your answer in the form   c , where a,b and c are integers
b

       −1 ×5−3

6) Evaluate [4]
1
     a)  121 2

1
     b)  8 3

2
     c)  216 3
 3
     d)  25 2

7) Evaluate, giving your answer as an integer or simplified fraction [3]

−3
     a)  25 2

2
2
     b)  ( )
3

1 −1
     c)  ( )
5

8) Evaluate the following, giving your answer as a simplified fraction [2]

125 23
     a)  ( )
64

64 −2
     b)  ( )3
27

9) Give the following expression in index form [5]

     a)  √ 7

     b)  √3 2

     c)  √5 5

     d)  √3 32

1
     e)   3
√ 22
10) Show the following as a power of 3 [2]

     a)  9

     b)  93

11) Show the following as a power of 49 [1]

       √ 7