Evaluating Powers Worksheet
This worksheet focuses on evaluating powers with various bases and exponents, including rational and negative exponents, suitable for Grade 12 students.
Includes
2 Short AnswerFill in the BlanksMultiple ChoiceTrue / False
Standards
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSA.SSE.B.3.C
Topics
powersexponentsalgebragrade 12math
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Evaluating Powers
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Read each question carefully and evaluate the given powers. Show all your work for full credit.
1. Evaluate: 5^3
2. Evaluate: (-2)^4
3. Evaluate: (1/3)^3
4. The expression 4^-2 is equivalent to .
5. Evaluate: 7^-1 = .
6. Evaluate: (2/5)^-2 = .
7. What is the value of 8^(2/3)?
a
2
b
4
c
16
d
64
8. Evaluate: 27^(-1/3)
a
-3
b
-1/3
c
1/3
d
3
9. Evaluate: (64)^(1/2)
10. Evaluate: (1000)^(-2/3)
11. Evaluate: (-125)^(1/3)
12. True or False: (1/4)^(-2) = 16
T
True
F
False
13. True or False: 0^0 is undefined.
T
True
F
False