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12.

Exponents and Powers


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Q 2 Simplify: (-3)2 x (5/3)2


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Q 3 Find the value of .


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Q 4 Express 3 x 10-7 in usual form.


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Q 5 Evaluate 6-2.
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Q 6 Write 0.000021 in standard form.


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Q 7 Write 41860000000 in standard form.


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Q 8 Express 4.5 x 104 in usual form.


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Q 9 Evaluate: (2-1 + 3-1 + 4-1)0


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Q 10 Find the value of (4-1 x 2-1) x 3-1.


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Q 11 Expand 1526.26 using exponents.


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Q 12 Expand 1026.13 using exponents.


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Q 13 Find x such that (-2)x+1 (-2)5 = (-2)7.


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Q 14 Express 8-3 as power with the base 2.
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Q 15 Simplify (-2)-3 x (-3)-3 x (4)-3 and write the answer in exponential form.
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Q 16 Find the value of (40 + 3-1) x 32.


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Q 17 Simplify: 23 x 2-5 x 26
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Q 18 Find the value of .

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Q 19 Find the value of .


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Q 20 Simplify:
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Q 21 .
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Q 22 .
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Q 23 In a stack there are 6 books each of thickness 20 mm and 5 sheets each of thickness 0.015 mm. Find the total thickness of the
stack?
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Q 24 Find ‘a’ such that (-5)a+2 x (-5)4 = (-5)9.


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Q 26

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Q 27 Compare the size of a red blood cell which is 0.000007 m to that of a plant cell which is 0.00001275 m.
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Q 28 .
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Most Important Questions

Q 1 Find the value of

a) 22

b) 2-2

Q 2 Find the value of (1/2)-1 .

Q 3 Calculate the value of 23 x 24

Q 4 What is the exponential notation of ( 23)5

Q 5 Simplify and express in positive exponential form.

(-3)-7 x (-3) –8
Q 6 Simplify the following exponents

(-2)2 x (-3)2 x (-5)2

Q 7 Find the value of n in the given expression:

22(n-1) x 23n = 2n+1

Q 8 Find the value of p in the given expression

(-3) p-3 (-3)-3p + 1= (-3) 5

Q 9 Write the given expressions in expanded form.

a) 3456.234

b) 2016.123

Q 10 Express the following numbers in their standard form.

a) 0.0000000000468

b) 0.345

c) 372400000000000

d) 76100000000

Q 11 Express the following numbers in their usual form:

a) 3.05 x 10-6

b) 4.5 x 104

c) 3.1563 x 106

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