Grade 8 Exponent Operations Worksheet
Practice worksheet for 8th-grade students covering basic exponent operations including multiplication, division, and power rules.
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Grade 8 Exponent Operations
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Read each question carefully and simplify the expressions using the rules of exponents. Show all your work.
1. When multiplying exponents with the same base, you the powers. For example, x^a * x^b = x^(a+b).
2. Simplify: 5^3 * 5^4 =
3. Simplify: x^2 * x^7 =
4. Explain how to simplify x^a / x^b.
5. Simplify: 7^9 / 7^2
6. Simplify: y^10 / y^3
7. Which expression is equivalent to (2^3)^4?
2^(3+4)
2^(3*4)
2^3 / 2^4
2^4 - 2^3
8. Simplify: (a^5)^2
a^7
a^10
a^25
2a^5
9. Any non-zero number raised to the power of zero is equal to zero.
True
False
10. The expression 4^-2 is equivalent to 1/4^2.
True
False
11. Simplify: (3x^2)^3 * x^5
12. Simplify: (10a^8) / (2a^3)