SOUTHVILLE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL AND COLLEGES

MATHEMATICS 9
TERM 1
Midterms Reviewer
Academic Year 2023-2024
Midterm Exam Coverage

Laws of Exponents
● Writing expressions in exponential notation.
● Applying the different laws of exponents.
● Evaluating exponents of zero and negative integers.
Rational Exponents
● Evaluating expressions with positive nth root.
● Rewriting and evaluating rational exponents in radical form.
● Simplifying expressions in positive exponential form.
● Solving equations involving exponents.
Surds and Radicals
● ̈Simplifying radical expressions.
● Adding, subtracting and multiplying radical expressions.
● Solving problems involving radical expressions.

Answer the following:

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1. What is the equivalent to number 256 ? _________
1
2. How do you express 3 ?______________
( 𝑥)
3. Simplify the expression using the law of exponents. ___________
2 3
54𝑓 𝑔
5
9𝑓 𝑔

4. What is the value of the expression with a base number of 5?____________

125 𝑎
625
0 −2
5. Simplify the expression 5 - 5 . ______________________
3 5
6. Simplify the expression 𝑦 x 𝑦 . ____________________
7
𝑥
7. Simplify the expression 2 . ________________
𝑥

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8. Simplify the expression (𝑚 𝑛 ) . ______________

9. What is the value of the expression without negative exponents? ________________

−4 3
𝑥 𝑦

10. What is the value of the expression in simplest form, without brackets? ___________
2 3
(4𝑎 𝑏)

11. Simplify the expression without negative exponents. _________

2 3 2 5
9𝑥 𝑦 ÷15𝑥 𝑦

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12. What value is equivalent to 100(100 )? ___________
4 3
13. How do you express ( 𝑥 ) ?____________
3 2 4 3
14. Simplify the expression 𝑏 x 𝑏 .__________
2
−2 3 −3
15. Simplify the expression (𝑠 𝑡 ) expressing your answer in positive exponential form.
_________
3 1 2
−2
16. Simplify the expression (𝑔 ℎ 4
) , expressing your answer in positive exponential
3

form._________

17. What is the value of x in the expression shown below? _________

3𝑥+5 1
5 = 625
18. What is the value of y in the expression shown below? __________
−4 1
𝑦 = 16

−3 𝑥 0 1
19. Given that 4 ÷ 4 = 64 , what is the value of 𝑥 ? __________
3
20. Which of the following is the radicand in the radical expression? __________
3
3𝑚 17𝑛
3 5
21. Simplify the expression 81𝑥 . __________
4 8 12
22. Simplify the expression 64𝑥 𝑦 . __________
23. What is the sum of the radical expression shown below?_________
3 3
5 54 + 16

24. What is the sum of the radical expression shown below? __________
4 5 4 5
a 𝑎𝑏 + b 𝑎 𝑏

25. What is the difference of the radical expression shown below? __________
7 8-3 2

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 26. What is the difference of the radical expression shown below? __________
4 5 4
243𝑎 - a 48𝑎

27. Simplify the expression 18 x 6 . ___________

28. What is the product of the radical expression shown below? _________________
3 (2 + 5)

29. What is the product of the radical expression shown below? ______________
(3+2 3)(3-2 3)

30. What is the product of the radical expression shown below? ____________
( 5+ 3 3)(2 5 - 3)

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