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Evaluating Powers Worksheet

Grade 8 Math worksheet on evaluating powers, including positive, negative, and zero exponents, and powers of fractions.

Grade 8 Math Number SenseEvaluating Powers
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CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.8.EE.A.1

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Evaluating Powers

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

1. In the expression 5³, the base is   and the exponent is  .

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

3. A negative exponent indicates the   of the base.

4. What is the value of 2⁵?

a

10

b

16

c

32

d

64

5. Evaluate (-3)³.

a

9

b

-9

c

27

d

-27

6. Evaluate 7⁰.

7. Evaluate 10⁻².

8. Evaluate (⅔)³.

9. The expression 4⁻³ is equal to 1/64.

T

True

F

False

10. (-1)¹⁰⁰ is equal to -1.

T

True

F

False