Indices

Practice Questions
Evaluate the following expressions (without your

Rewrite the following expressions using only pos-

calculator).

itive indices.
1
1
31.
x
32. y 3

1.

106 104

2.

28 2

3.

40

4.

100

5.

3 50

6.

103

7.

81

8.

33

9.

491/2

Simplify the following expressions.

33. 2n 22n 23n
34. a3 a5 a2
35. x2 x4 x3
4 5
36. p2 q q 2 p

4
37. a3 b2 a2 b2

10. 82/3

Rewrite the following expressions using only pos-

3/2

11. 25

3/5

12. 32
2
13. 23
1/4
14. 34
Simplify the following expressions.
15. m5 m3
16. x x2
17. x4 x2
2

18. y y

19. am an
20. x9 x2
21. t4 t2
22. x7 x2
23. x0
24. (ax)0

itive indices.
0
4
38. a2 a1/2
3

(2x)
x3
2a2 b2
40. 3 4
2 b
x1 + y 1
41.
x+y
10n 4n
42.
5n 2n

39.

Simplify the following expressions.

2 3
2m n
43.
2
2
3
(mn ) (4m2 )

2
5x5 y 2 3 xy 3
44.
15x2 y
Find the values of x that make the following equations hold.
45. 3x = 81

25. a b0

46. 2x = 8

26. x + y 0
4
27. x3

4
28. a2 b4

1
29. p1 q 5

3
30. a1/2

47. x2 = 9
48. x3 = 125
49. 4x = 32
50. 9 3x1 =

1
27