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Check Your Understanding: 2.3 Zero & Negative Exponents

1. Continue the pattern to fill in each box. Use fractions to express values that are less than 1.
4 4 3 2 1 4 3 2 1 4 3 2
10 = 10000 2 = 162 = 82 = 42 =3 = 813 = 273 = 93 4 = 2564 = 644 = 16
3 2
10 = 100010 = 10010

2. Evaluate.
1 0 1 0 0 5 1
a) 7 b) 7 c) 16 d) 25 e) 257 f) 0 g) 0

3. Evaluate. Use fractions to express values that are less than 1.

−1 −2 −1 −2 −3 −3 −3
a) 5 b) 5 c) 7 d) 7 e) 10 f) 2 g) 3

−3 −4
4. Which is greater, 6 or 6 ? Explain.

5. Evaluate. Use fractions to express values that are less than 1.

1 0 −1 0 −1 −2 −4 6 −6
a) 10 b) 10 c) 10 d) 16 e) 4 f) 6 g) 2 h) 10 i) 10

6. Arrange the following powers from least to greatest.

3 −5 −3 0 3 −7 6 −4
6 7 14 128 7 5 3 12

ANSWERS
1.

2. a) 7 b) 1 c) 16 d) 1 e) 1 f) 0 g) 0
1 1 1 1 1 1 1
3. a) 5 b) 25 c) 7
d) 49
e) 1000 f) 8 g) 27
−3 −4 −3 1 −4 1
4. 6 is greater than 6 since 6 = 216 and 6 = 1296
1 1 1 1 1
5. a) 10 b) 1 c) 10
d) 1 e) 4 f) 36 f) 16 h) 1 000 000 i) 1000000
MTH 1W0 2.4 Zero & Negative Exponents + Scientific Notation
−7 −4 −5 −3 0 3 3 6
6. 5 , 12 , 7 , 14 , 128 , 6 , 7 , 3