Rational Exponents Practice:

Evaluate the following rational exponents:

1
2 3 3
3 2 4
1. 4 2
2. 27 3. 16 4. 16

1 2 1 5
2 3
−2 −6
5. 25 6. 125 7. 49 8. 64

Write the following rational exponents in radical form:

1 2 2
2
7
−3 5
9. 5 3
10. 𝑥 11. 10 12. 𝑛

Write the following radicals in rational exponent form:

5 5 4 5 7
15. ( 𝑦) 16. ( 𝑥)
3
13. 𝑛 14. 𝑥

Use Properties of Rational Exponents to Simplify the Following. Answers should be in exponential form.
5
6

( ) ( )
1 4 3
2 3 2 −8
17. 𝑥 18. 𝑦 19. 36𝑥 𝑦

5 4
2
𝑥3 2 −3
(8𝑥 𝑦 ) 𝑥
3
20. 2 21. 22. −6 3
𝑥3 𝑦 𝑧
Simplify the following radical expressions:

23. − 5 3− 3 3 24. 2 7 − 7 25. . − 4 6 − 6

3 4 3 4
26. − 3 5 + 2 5 27. 4 𝑥+ 3 𝑦− 2 𝑥+ 7 𝑦 28. 𝑥 + 2 𝑥 + 7 𝑥 − 5 𝑥

Simplify the following radical expressions after taking out perfect squares:

29. 20 + 500 30. 2 8 + 32 + 3 128

Simplify the expressions using properties of radicals

4
3 3 32
31. 2* 4 32. 4 =
2

Challenge:

3 7 5 14 21
33. 24 34. 6𝑎 𝑏 𝑐
Answers:

1. 2

2. 9

3. 64

4. 8

5. 5

6. 25

7. 1/7

8. 1/32

3
9. 25

7
10. 𝑥

3 1
11. 100

5 2
12. 𝑛
5

13. 𝑛 2
4

14. 𝑥 5
5

15. 𝑦 2
7

16. 𝑥 3

3
17. 𝑥
20
9
18. 𝑦

6𝑥
19. 4
𝑦

20. 𝑥
8

16𝑥 3
21. 4
𝑦
 3
𝑥𝑦
22. 3
2
𝑧

23. −8 3 24. 7 25. . − 5 6 26. − 5

3 4
27. 2 𝑥 + 10 𝑦 28. 8 𝑥 − 3 𝑥 29. 12 5 30. 32 2

3 2 3 7 5
31. 2 32. 2 33. 2 3 34. 𝑏 𝑐 6𝑎