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Indices Operations Worksheet #1 Name________________________Class_____

Multiplication
Part 1: Expand each expression then evaluate
1.) 2 8 = _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ = ______

2.) 5 3 = 3.) x 5 =

4.) 10 3 = 5.) 81  8 4 =

6.) 7 2  7 3 = 7.) x 5  x 4 =

8.) If two expressions have the same factor or base, what happens to the exponents when the expressions are
multiplied?
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Example: (7x2)(2x3)

Part 2: Simplify each expression.


9.) 2 3  2 4 10.) 81  8 3 11.) t 4  t 4

12.) x 5  x 9 13.) 3 4  x 3  x 5

Part 3: Find the product of the expressions.


14.) ( 6x 2 )( 4x 2 ) 15.) (3 x 3 y 2 )(-6 y 5 ) 16.) (5 p 3 )( m 8 p 2 )

17.) (10 g 3 h 8 v 6 )(11gh 8 ) 18.) (4 f 9 h 3 )(5 f 6 )(3h 2 )

19.)   2 2 x 3 y 4  (3) 2 x 4 y 4  20.) *Challenge: (3 x a y b z c )( y f z g )

Indices Operations Worksheet #2 Name________________________Class_____


Power to a Power
Part 1: Expand each expression and write the product.

1.) ( 2 3 ) 4 = _________ __________ _________ _________ = ____________

2.) ( p 2 ) 5 =

3.) ( x m ) 2 =

4.) ( 2 3 x ) 2 =

5.) What is the fast way to simplify when you raise an exponent to another power (or what can you do instead of
expanding)?
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Part 2: Find the product. Expand if it helps you.


6.) (2 x ) 2 7.) (10 2 ) 3

8.) ( 3 2 x 6 ) 5 9.) (7 j 2 ) 3

10.) (8n 2 p ) 3 11.) 2 (3a 2 ) 3

2
 8x 2 
2
12.) (xy ) ( x y ) 2 2 2
13.)  2 
 2x 

5 2
 3x 2
  3x 
14.)  2 
 15.)  2 
 2y   4x 
Indices Operations Worksheet #3 Name ______________________ Class_____
Division
Part 1: Expand each expression to find the quotient.
24
1.) 3 = = _______________
2

32 55
2.) = = _______________
3  52

x8
3.) =
x3

23 x 3 y 4
4.) =
2  xy 2 z

5.) Explain why you can subtract exponents when you are dividing two things with the same base.
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Part 2: Simplify to find the quotients.


a8 711 7  b5
6.) 3 7.) 8.)
a 78 b4

x 10 12  g 8  h 4 4  p 11
9.) 4 10.) 11.)
x g 3 h 5 8  p6

c9 2  x3 y8 3 x 14 y 11
12.) 13.) 14.)
6c 4 4  y2 18 x 2

Part 3: Negative Indices


x5
15.) Anything to the zero power is ______________. Show why this happens by solving this problem.
x5
= ________
Rewrite without negative exponents.
18.)  2 0  x 3 
4
16.) 6  c 3  d 2 17.) 6 x 4 x 10

0
a 12 b 3  5 x 13 y 5 z 2 
19.) 20.)   21.) ( g 3  g 2 ) 4
 35
2
a 5b 5 

3 2
 4c 5   x 8  (2 x 3 )  ( x 4 ) 2
22.)  0
 23.)  11  24.)
 8d   y  8 x 11

Exponent Result 25.) What is the pattern on the left side of the table with the exponents?
44
43
42 26.) What is the pattern on the right side of the table with the results?

41
40
4 1
4 2

Part 3: Surd Indices

c
27.) For a d can be form as ...
ac

For the following problems, use what you know about surd indices to simplify as much as possible and/or
find the value of each root.
5 2 1
28.) 4 2 29.) (125) 3 30.) 625 5

1 8
 1
31.)  1 
3 1
32.)  x 4  33.) (16a 4b12 c18 d 6 ) 4
8  

1
1 1 x y 2 z 4
2
34.) ab a 4b 2 6 35.) 3 3
3
x y z
2 2

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