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CLASS: 8TH ICSE WORKSHEET EXPONENT & POWERS
In questions 1 to 33, out of the four options, only one is correct. Write
the correct answer.
1. In 2n, n is known as

(a) Base (b) Constant (c) x (d) Variable

2. For a fixed base, if the exponent decreases by 1, the number becomes
(a) One-tenth of the previous number.
(b) Ten times of the previous number.
(c) Hundredth of the previous number.
(d) Hundred times of the previous number.

3. 3–2 can be written as

1 1 2
(a) 32 (b) (c) (d) −
32 3 −2 3
1
4. The value of is
4 −2
1 1
(a) 16 (b) 8 (c) (d)
16 8
5. The value of 35 ÷ 3–6 is
(a) 35 (b) 3–6 (c) 311 (d) 3–11
−2
⎛2⎞
6. The value of ⎜ ⎟ is
⎝5⎠
4 4 25 5
(a) (b) (c) (d)
5 25 4 2
–1
⎛2⎞
7. The reciprocal of ⎜ ⎟ is
⎝5⎠

2 5 5 2
(a) (b) (c) – (d) –
5 2 2 5

8. The multiplicative inverse of 10–100 is

(a) 10 (b) 100 (c) 10100 (d) 10–100

9. The value of (–2)2×3 –1 is

(a) 32 (b) 64 (c) – 32 (d) – 64

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 EXERCISE # 1
1. Evaluate. (i) 0.0000000000085
5 (ii) 0.00000000000942
1
(i) 3–2 (ii) (–4)–2 (iii)   (iii) 6020000000000000
2
(iv) 0.00000000837
(v) 31860000000
2. Simplify and express the result in power
notation with positive exponent. 9. Express the following numbers in usual form.
2
 1  (i) 3.02 × 10–6 (ii) 4.5 × 104
(i) (–4)5 ÷ (–4)8 (ii)  3 
2  (iii) 3 × 10–8 (iv) 1.0001 × 109
12
4 (v) 5.8 × 10 (vi) 3.61492 × 106
5
(iii) (–3)4 ×   (iv) (3–7 ÷ 3–10) × 3–5
 3 10. Express the number appearing in the
(v) 2 × (–7)–3
–3
following statements in standard form.
3. Find the value of. 1
(i) 1 micron is equal to m
(i) (3º + 4–1) × 22 1000000
(ii) (2–1 × 4–1) ÷ 2–2 (ii) Charge of an electron is
2 2 2
1 1 1 0.000,000,000,000,000,000,16 coulomb.
(iii)   +   +  
2 3 4 (iii) Size of a bacteria is 0.0000005 m
2
  2   2  (iv) Size of a plant cell is 0.00001275 m
–1
(iv) (3 + 4 + 5 ) –1 –1 0
(v)    (v) Thickness of a thick paper is 0.07 mm
 3  

11. In a stack there are 5 books each of thickness

8 1  53 –1 –1 –1 20 mm and 5 paper sheets each of thickness
4. Evaluate (i) (ii) (5 × 2 ) × 6
24 0.016 mm. What is the total thickness of the
stack.
5. Find the value of m for which 5m  5–3 = 55.
12. Express each of the following as a rational
1 p
 1  1  1  1  number of the form :
6. Evaluate (i)       q
 3   4   (i) 5–3 (ii) (–2)–5
7 4 3 4
5 8 4 2
(ii)   ×  (iii)   (iv)  
8 5 3  5 
1
(v)
7. Simplify. 2 3
25  t 4
(i) (t  0) 13. Express each of the following as a rational
5 3  10  t 8
p
number of the form :
35  10 5  125 q
(ii)
5 7  6 5 2 3 4 2
3 4 2 7
8. Express the following numbers in standard (i)   ×   (ii)   × 
8 5  7   5 
form.
14. Express each of the following as power of a 20. Using the laws of exponents simplify and
rational number with positive exponent : express each of the following in exponential
3 form with positive exponent:
1
(i)   (ii) 5–3 × 5–6 (i) (–4)4 × (–4)–10 (ii) 2–5  22
4 2
 1 
5 7 (iii) 3–4 × 2–4 (iv)  3 
 1  1 2 
(iii)   × 
 4   4  4
5
(v) (3–7 ÷ 3–10) × 3–5 (vi) (–3) 4   
3
15. Simplify:
1 21. Simplify and write the answer in the exponetial
(i) 2  1
5 1 2
  5
  form:
 8 
(i) (2 5  28 ) 5  2 –5 (ii) (– 4)3 × (5)–3 × (–5)–3

(ii) 6 1
8 
1 1 1
 (2  3 ) 1 1
1 3
(iii) 3
(iii) 5 1
3 
1 1
6 1 8
1

(iv) 4 1  8 1     2 22. Simplify :
3 7 5 2 3
5 8  – 2 4
(i)     (ii)    
8 5  3  5
16. Simplify 4 3 2 3
3 3 3 7
1
2
1
2
1
2 (iii)     (iv)    
(i)       4 2 7 6
4  2  3
1
  3  1  8 1  53
(ii) 6 1    23. Evaluate:
  2   2–4

24. Simplify:
17. Express each of the following as a rational
25  a –4 35  10 5  125
p (i) (ii)
number of the form 5 – 3  10  a 8 5 7  6 5
q
(i) (2–1 + 3–1)2 (ii) (2–1 – 4–1)2 25. By what number should (–12)–1 be divided so
 4  1  1  1  1 1
 2
(iii)      that the quotient may be   ?
 3  4  3

5 11 8x
5 5 5
18. By what number should (–8)–1 be multiplied so 26. Find x so that      
3 3  3
that the product may be equal to 10–1 ?
27. Write the following numbers in standard form:
19. Using the laws of exponents, simplify each of (i) 0.4579 (ii) 0.000007
the following and express in exponential form: (iii) 0.000000564 (iv) 0.0000021
(i) 37 × 3–2 (ii) 2–7  2–3 (v) 216000000 (vi) 0.0000529×104
(iii) (52)–3 (iv) 2–3 × (–7)–3 (vii) 9573×10–4

3 5
(v) 28. Express the following numbers in usual form:
4 5 (i) 3.52 × 105 (ii) 7.54 × 10–4
(iii) 3 × 10 –5
 ANSWER KEY
EXERCISE # 1
1 1
1. (i) (ii) (iii) 32
9 16
1 1 1 1
2. (i) (ii) 6 (iii) (5)4 (iv) (v)
(–4)3 2 (3) 2 (–14)3
1 81
3. (i) 5 (ii) (iii) 29 (iv) 1 (v)
2 16
1 512
4. (i) 250 (ii) 5. m = 2 6. (i) –1 (ii)
60 125
625t 4
7. (i) (ii) 55
2
8. (i) 8.5 × 10–12 (ii) 9.42 × 10–12 (iii) 6.02 × 1015 (iv) 8.37 × 10–9 (v) 3.186 × 1010
9. (i) 0.00000302 (ii) 45000 (iii) 0.00000003 (iv) 1000100000 (v) 5800000000000
(vi) 3614920
10. (i) 1 × 10–6 (ii) 1.6 × 10–19 (iii) 5 × 10–7 (iv) 1.275 × 10–5 (v) 7 × 10–2
11. 1.0008 × 102
1 1 27 625
12. (i) (ii) – (iii) (iv) (v) 8
125 32 64 16
9
125 117649 1
13. (i) (ii) 14. (i) 43 (ii)   (iii) 412
9 400 5
1
15. (i) – 10 (ii) 30 (iii) 90 (iv)
4
6 25 1 3
16. (i) 29 (ii) 17. (i) (ii) (iii) –
5 36 16 8
4
18. –
5
–5
3
19. (i) 35 (ii) 2–4 (iii) 5–6 (vi) (–14)–3 (v)  
4
6 7 4 6 2
 1 1 1 1 1
20. (i)  –  (ii)   (iii)   (iv)   (v)  
 4 2 6 2 3
(vi) 54
21. (i) 2–20 (ii) 10–6 (iii) 6–3
64 1125 32 24
22. (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
25 256 3 7
625 4
23. 250 24. (i) a (ii) 55
2
1
25. – 26. – 2
18
27. (i) 4.579 × 10–1 (ii) 7 × 10–6 (iii) 5.64 × 10–7 (iv) 2.1 × 10–6 (v) 2.16 × 108
(vi) 5.29 × 10–1 (vii) 9.573 × 10–1
28. (i) 352000 (ii) 0.000754 (iii) 0.00003
 EXERCISE # 2
1. Evaluate the following : 7. Find the product of the following-
7
2
4
4 (i) 37 × 311 (ii) 46 × 44
(i)   (ii)  
 3   3  (iii) a9 × a3 (iv) x12 × x7

2
2
  3
3 (v) 221 × 27 (vi) a4 × a7 × a3
(iii)   (iv)  
9  5  (vii) 35 × 37 × 32 (viii) 511 × 53 × 5
6 3 (ix) 35 × 25 × 37 × 27
2 2
(v)   (vi)   Note :- Exponential form is must useful in scientific
 3   7 
calculations, in expressing distance the planets etc.
2. Express the following in exponential form.
16 1
(i) (ii) 8. Simplify using the laws of exponents (answer
625 27
in exponential form)
7 7 7 16
(iii)   (iv)
9 9 9 169 48
(i) 37  35 (ii)
2 2 2 4
(v)  
3 3 3 512 718
(iii) (iv)
3. Simplify : 57 715
5 2 3 3
7  1    2  3 6 24 36
(i)     (ii)     (v) (vi)
 2   14   3   2  6 21 6
  3   16  2  
3 3
(iii)       125 108
(vii) (viii)
 4   27  3   52 12
  2 3  4   5 3 625
(iv)         (ix)
 3   9   3  5

4. Find the reciprocal of the following -

3 9. Simplify and give your answer in exponential
2
(i) (–3)5 (ii)   form.
 5 
3
3
 3 
4  
(i) 5 2
3
 
(ii) 34
3

(iii)   (iv)  
5 7 (iii) 8  5 4
(iv) 7  3 8

(v) 10  (vi) 11 

5. Find the absolute value of- 4 2 3 2
3 5
 1 3
(i)   (ii)  
 4  7 (vii) 6  5 6
(viii) 86
4 2
(ix) 3  2 
  3   11  2 2 5
(iii)   (iv)  
 5   14 
4 2
2 7 10. Simplify and give your answer in exponential
(v)   (vi)   
 3  8 form-
(i) 36 × 6 (ii) 48 × 2
6. Find the reciprocal and express the same in
8
power notation. (iii) 53 × 152 (iv)
16
27 125 675 27 225
(i) (ii) (iii) (v) (vi)
8 216 392 81 30
11. Express in exponential form- 2
  4   15  1  125 
3 3 3 (vii)      
(i)    5   2  6  64 
4 4 4
2 2 2 2  3  2  3  3   3 8
(ii)    (viii)         
5 5 5 5  7   7    7 
1 1 1
(iii)  
7 7 7
15. Find x, so that-
4 4 4 4
(iv)    3 4 2 x 1
9 9 9 9 2 2 2
(i)        
7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5
(v)    
2 2 2 2 2 3
3  3 3
4 2 x 1

3 3 3 (ii)        
(vi)   2  2 2
8 8 8
(iii) 3–9 × 3x = 3
12. Express in exponential form (iv) 4x × 4–8 = 4–3
4 6 2x
81 16  3  3 5
(i) (ii) (v)      
125 225  5   5   3
243 32 (vi) 5x × 5–2 × 54 = 5–3
(iii) (iv)
32 243
1 343
(v) (vi) 16. (i) By what number should 3–9 be multiplied,
216 128
so that the product is equal to 3–4 ?
(ii) By what number should (–28)–1 be
13. Express as a rational number
3 divided, so that the quotient is 4–1 ?
  3
–1
(i) 3 (ii)  
 5  2
4
2 3 (iii) By what number should   be
2 4  5 
(iii)   (vi)  
 7   9  3
2
 5
4
3
3 multiplied, so that the product is   ?
(v)   (vi)   3
 6  8 (iv) By what number should 13–2 be divided
4
 1 to get 135 ?
(vii)   (viii) (–5)–2
 7  (v) By what number should we multiply 5–4,
5
2 so that the product is 52 ?
(ix)   (vi) By what number should we multiply
7
(–7)–1 to get the product 4–1 ?
14. Evaluate :
2 5 2 2 2
3
 3 5
4  2  3  x 2 2 x x
(i)      (ii)    17. If      , find   and   .
 2 3 y 3 3 y y
 5  
4 5 2 3
2 2 4 2 1
(iii)      (iv)       1 0
7 7 3 3 4 x 5 8
18. If      ,
2 y 2 9
 1  1  3
1
2
1
(v)    ( 4) 1  (vi)      2
2  5  x
 2   find the value of   .
y
19. Find the value of : 28. If the diameters of the Sun and the Earth are
0
2 5 8 0 0 1.4 × 109 metres and 1.275 ×107 metre
(i) (70 + 30) × (80 – 50) (ii) respectively. Compare these two.
2 0  50  80
0 3 4
 5 2  2  3 29. The size of a red blood cell is 0.000007 m and
(iii)   (iv)    
 6  5  5 5 the size of a plant cell is 0.00001275 m.
Compare these two.
20. Simplify and write the answer with positive
exponents 30. Express each of the following rational numbers
(i) (3 + 4) –1 × (3–1 + 4–1) with a negative exponent:
1 3
 5  1  2  1  1
(i)   (ii) 35
(ii)       4
 4   5  
3
4  3  4 
 1
(iii) 5  7 1 1
  3 1
5 1 1
  3
(iii)   (iv)   
5  2  
3 5 3
1 1 1
–5
 7  4 
21. Verify that         27 (v)   
3 2 2  3  
2 3
x  1 2
22. If     , 31. Express each of the following rational numbers
y  3  3 with a positive exponent:
3 2 3
x 3 5
find the value of   (i)   (ii)  
y 4 4
4
 4  3 
2 9 2 x 1
2 2 2 (iii) 43 × 4–9 (iv)   
23. Find x, so that        3  
3 3 3
2
 3  4 
2
(v)   
5  2  
24. By what number should   be multiplied,
 3 32. Simplify
1
7  3  3  1  3   1  3
so that the product may be   ? (i)         
3  2   2    4 
3
 3 2
3
25. By what number should   be divided, (ii) (32  2 2 )   
 2  3
2 1
 4   1  1 
so that the quotient may be   ?
 27  (iii)    (4) 1 
 2  
1
1  2 
1
26. By what number should   be multiplied,
  1   
2
2 
(iv)   
 4   
4
1
  
so that the product may be equal to   ?
 7  3
 2  2   1   4
(v)        31  6 1
121  343  3    3 
27. Solve 1
1
(7) 1   
 11 
 ANSWER KEY
EXERCISE # 2
49 256 4 –27 64
1. (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v)
9 81 81 125 729
–8
(vi)
343
4 3 3 2 3
2  – 1  –7 4 2
2. (i)   (ii)   (iii)   (iv) –   (v)  
5  3   9   13  3
–343 –1 500
3. (i) (ii) 1 (iii) (iv)
128 8 729
–1 –125 125 2401
4. (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
243 8 27 81
1 243 81 121 16
5 (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v)
64 16807 625 196 81
49
(vi)
64
3 3 3 2
2  –6 2 7
6. (i)   (ii)   (iii)   ×  
3  5  3 5
7. (i) 318 (ii) 410 (iii) a12 (iv) x19 (v) 228
(vi) a14 (vii) 314 (viii) 515 (ix) 612
8. (i) 32 (ii) 47 (iii) 55 (iv) 73 (v) 63
(vi) 61 (vii) 51 (viii) 32 (ix) 53
9. (i) 56 (ii) 312 (iii) 820 (iv) 724 (v) 108
(vi) 116 (vii) 630 (viii) 218 (ix) 610
10. (i) 63 (ii) 25 × 3 (iii) 55 × 32 (iv) 2–1 (v) 3–1
15
(vi)
2
3 4 3 4 5 3
3  –2  – 1 4 7  – 3
11. (i)   (ii)   (iii)   (iv)   (v)   (vi)  
4  5   7  9 2  8 
2 5 5 3 3
34 4 3  – 2  1 7
12. (i) (ii)   (iii)   (iv)   (v)  –  (vi)  
53  15  2  3   6 4
1 26 7 –64 1296
13. (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v)
3 56 2 729 625
512 1 49
(vi) (vii) 2401 (viii) (ix)
27 25 25
625 64 7 32 1
14. (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v)
24 15625 2 243 4
–4 25 343
(vi) (vii) (viii)
15 16 27
15. (i) 4 (ii) –1 (iii) 10 (iv) 5 (v) – 1
(vi) – 5
–1 25 –7
16. (i) 35 (ii) (iii) (iv) 13–7 (v) 56 (vi)
7 54 4
 6 6 2
2 3 5
17. (i)   ,   18.  
3 2 2
4
1 2
19. (i) 0 (ii) (iii) 1 (iv)  
3 3
1 1 33
20. (i) (ii) (iii) 25 22. 23. – 5
12 2 23
25 – 27 –7
24. 25. 26.
21 39 8
27. 26411 28. 100 29. A red blood cell is approximately half of a plant cell is size
–5 –4 –12 –12
1 5 3 7
30. (i) 4 –3
(ii)   (iii)   (iv)   (v)  
3  3 2 3
2 3 6 12 8
4 4 1 4 2
31. (i)   (ii)   (iii)   (iv)   (v)  
3 5 4 3 3
19 135 1 32
32. (i) (ii) (iii) –2 (iv) (v)
64 8 256 81