Evaluating Powers Worksheet
Grade 8 Math worksheet on evaluating powers, including positive, negative, and zero exponents, and powers of fractions.
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Fill in the BlanksMultiple ChoiceShort AnswerTrue / False
Standards
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.8.EE.A.1
Topics
powersexponentsgrade 8math
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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