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Evaluating Powers Worksheet

Grade 10 Math worksheet focused on evaluating powers, including positive, negative, and fractional exponents.

Grade 10 Math Number SenseEvaluating Powers
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CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSA.SSE.B.3.C

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Evaluating Powers

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Read each question carefully and evaluate the powers. Show all your work.

1. What is the value of 5³?

a

15

b

25

c

125

d

625

2. Evaluate: (-2)⁴

a

-16

b

16

c

8

d

-8

3. Any non-zero number raised to the power of zero is  .

4. The expression 8^(1/3) is equivalent to the   root of 8.

5. Evaluate 9^(3/2). Show your steps.

6. Explain the meaning of a negative exponent using an example.

7. (2 + 3)² is equal to 2² + 3².

T

True

F

False

8. The value of 10⁻² is 0.01.

T

True

F

False

9. A bacterial colony doubles in size every hour. If it starts with 100 bacteria, how many bacteria will there be after 5 hours? Express your answer using powers and then evaluate.