Number – powers & roots index notation question sheet N-PR-I-01

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1. simplify:

(a) 3 x 3 x 3 (b) 5 x 5 x 5 x 5 (c) 7 x 7 x 7 x 7 x 7

(d) 5 x 6 x 6 x 5 (e) 3 x 5 x 3 x 5 (f) 7 x 5 x 7 x 5 x 7 x 5

(g) 11 x 9 x 9 x 11 x 9 (h) 6 x 12 x 3 x 6 x 3 x 6 x 6 x 12 x 3

(i) 8 x 5 x 8 x 5 x 8 x 5 x 8 x 5 x 8 x 5 x 8 x 5

2. find the value of

(a) 112 (b) 33 (c) 43 (d) 25 (e) 35 (f) 93 (g) 107

(h) 18 (i) 27 (j) 54 (l) 63 (m) 45 (n) 74 (o) 95

3. simplify, leaving answer in index notation

(a) 32 x 33 x 37 (b) 52 x 53 x 54x 55 (c) 93 × 95 × 97 × 99

(d) 33 × 35 × 47 × 49 (e) 61 × 62 × 63 × 73 × 75 (f) 102 × 53 × 56 × 72 × 74

(g) 22 × 37 × 42 × 24 × 43 × 32 (h) 22 ×38 ×43 ×26 ×39 ×23 ×37 ×45

4. express each number as a power of a number

(a) 512 (b) 128 (c) 343 (d) 625 (e) 243 (f) 169 (g) 10,000

(h) 256 (i) 1331 (j) 64 (k) 216 (l) 2048 (m) 81 (n) 121

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Number – powers & roots index notation answer sheet N-PR-I-01

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1.

(a) 33 (b) 54 (c) 75

(d) 5262 (e) 3252 (f) 7353

(g) 93112 (h) 3364122 (i) 5686

2.

(a) 121 (b) 27 (c) 64 (d) 32 (e) 243 (f) 729 (g)10,000,000

(h) 1 (i) 128 (j) 625 (l) 216 (m) 1024 (n) 2401 (o) 59049

3.

(a) 312 (b) 514 (c) 924 (d) 38416 (e) 6678 (f) 5976102

(g) 2639 45 (h) 211324 48

4.

(a) 83 (b) 27 (c) 73 (d) 54 (e) 35 (f) 132 (g) 104

(h) 28 (i) 113 (j) 26 (k) 63 (l) 211 (m) 34 (n) 112

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