T- Worksheet-3

Rules of Indices

1. Answer the following:

a) Express 3 × 3 × 3 × 2 × 2 using powers.
b) Write 27 in index form using base 3.
c) Calculate the following. Which are the same?
i) 22 × 32 ii) 22 + 32 iii) (2 + 3)2
22 2
iv) (2 × 3)2 v) vi) ( )2
32 3
1
d) Express in index form with base 5.
52
1
e) Express in index form with base 3.
27
f) Express √64 in index form with base 64.
2. Simplify the following expressions.
a) (2𝑥 3 )2 × 3𝑥
b) (6𝑥 5 )2 ÷ 4𝑥
c) (5𝑥 6 𝑦 3 )3 × 3𝑥 3 𝑦 4
d) (6𝑠 4 𝑡)2 ÷ 3𝑠𝑡 5
28𝑎2 𝑏6 ×3𝑎𝑏 6
e)
4𝑎5 𝑏

3. Simplify the following and leave your answer in the index form:
1
a) 𝑥 −6 ×
(6𝑥 4 )−3
3
√216𝑥 2
b) 6
√𝑥
c) √25𝑥 4
6
24 √𝑥
d) 1
(729𝑥)6
𝟑 𝟏
𝒂𝟒 ×𝒂 𝟑
e) 𝟏
𝒂𝟐
5
f) (16𝑘 4 )4

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Answers:
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1. a) 𝟑𝟑 × 𝟐𝟐 b) 𝟑𝟑 c) i & iv , v & vi d) 𝟓−𝟐 e) 𝟑−𝟑 f)𝟔𝟒𝟐

2. a) 𝟏𝟐𝒙𝟕 b) 𝟗𝒙𝟗 c) 𝟑𝟕𝟓𝒙𝟐𝟏 𝒚𝟏𝟑 d) 𝟏𝟐𝒔𝟕 𝒕−𝟑 e) 𝟐𝟏𝒂−𝟐 𝒃𝟏𝟏

𝟏 𝟕
3. a) 𝟐𝟏𝟔𝒙𝟔 b) 𝟔𝒙𝟐 c) 𝟓𝒙𝟐 d) 8𝒙𝟎 = 𝟖 e) 𝒂𝟏𝟐 f) 𝟑𝟐𝒌𝟓

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