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Index laws review

The index laws:
a m
am 3 an 5 am1n am 4 an 5 a n 5 am2n (am)n 5 amn
1 2 1
a0 5 1 a21 5 aa22 5 1 aa2n 5 an

1 Simplify:

a u4 3 u4 ___u7____ b x2 3 x3 ___x10____ c b5 3 b ___b t3 3 t4 ___t7mea___ e 6r 3 3 4r 3

_______ f 2m4 3 9m21 _______ g (25a3) 3 2a5 _______ h 4d7 3 (2d6) _______ i 8e3 3

(22e) _______ j (24d) 3 (29d5) _______

2 Simplify:

a f 74 f 5 _______ b k6 4 k3 _______ c q10 4 q2 _______ d v6 4 v _______ 2 5

e 30p6 4 3p5 _______ f 24r8 4 (24r3) _______ gd e

16
63 22 _______ h u y
27 3 2 _______

20
57 4
2 de 2uy9
i

2 36 a 12
_______ j 457 a _______ k 1523
pz 8
h _______ l 12
42
2

pz 2
_______
3 Simplify:
cd
hk 44

cd

a (r4)5 _______ b (d3)2 _______ c (u3)3 _______ d (a2)7 _______ 1

e (t2)21 _______ f (y4) 2

_______ g (2b3)3 _______ h (3r2)3 _______

i (5u5)21 _______ j (2m2)4 _______ k (22w6)2 _______ l (4d2)22 _______ 4 Simplify:

a z0 _______ b 30 _______ c (210)0 _______ d x0 _______

 e 3b0 _______ f 2d0 _______ g (3b)0 _______ h (2d)0 _______ i (2k)0 _______ j ab0
  1 0
_______ k 27h0 _______ l   2 _______ m 2d 3 d _______ n 4m 3 5m _______
0 0

o (x5)0 _______ p 230 _______

5 Write with positive indices:

a r22 _______ b v21 _______ c m23 _______ d p24 _______ e 3u21 _______ f 10t24 _______ g

8a22 _______ h 5d23 _______ i (ab)21 _______ j (2k)22 _______ k 4kr21 _______ l 3x22y21

_______ m (2n)21 _______ n (2q)22 _______ o 22b21 _______ p 2d23 _______

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6 Simplify:

b
a (ab)3 _______ b (f 5g2)4 _______ c (22e2p3)3 _______ d (2km4n5)5 _______ _______
g534
a f 2 
_______ 5 2

 
 _______ h3
6
25

e a
3
2 

  bc


  p   _______
 

7 Express each of these another way, using indices:

a 1 3 _______ f
u12 _______ b 5 _______ c 3 3 3 _______ d 2 3 2 3 2 _______ e (5 ) f272
5 6 3 4 6 4 2

_______ g 4 _______ j 21 _______ k 6 _______ l 5

a104 _______ h 3 3 4 3 3 _______ 4119
4 3 2
i a a ab
_______ 8 Evaluate:
6 3
a 621 _______ b 522 _______ c 6125 _______ d 52



  _______
4
e 20 _______ f (35)2 _______ g 73
 2 0
  _______ h 3
  
2   _______

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Answers
1 a u8 b x5 c b6 d t7 e 24r 6 f 18m3 g 210a8 h 24d13 i 216e 4 j 36d6 2 a f 2 b k3

2 k4 k l
c q8 d v 5 e 10p f 26r 5 g 8e3 h 23u3y i 24p5z3 j9 a 5 h 22

3 2d

3 a r20 b d6 c u9 d a14 e12

f y2
t g 8u9 h 27r6

1 j m8
i 5 5u k 4w12 l1

16 4 d
4a1b1c1d1
 e3f2g1h1

i 1 j a k 27 l 1

m 2d n 20m o 1 p 21

2 b1 c 3 d 4 3 f
5 a1 r v 1 m 1 p e u 104
g 2 h 3
t 8 a 5 d

1 j1 k4k l 2
i ab 4 2 k r 3 xy

1 n 2 o 22 p 2 3
m2 n 1 q b 1 d 6 a a3b3 b f 20g 8 c 28e6p9 d

h
2k5m20n25 p 243 30
a
f
3
a 254 bg2012
e r
5 10
8 bc

7 a u22 b 523 c 311 d 213 e 58 f 27f 22 g 10a24 h 39

1 b 1 c 279 936 d9
i 42 j 2a21 k 6a21 l 5(ab)21 8 a 6 25 25 e

1 f 59 049 g64
2h1
343

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