Indices Rules - Advanced

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1) Evaluate, giving your answer as a simplified fraction [3]  

     a)  15−1

     b)  5−2

     c)  3−3

1 [1]  
2) Give your answer in the form   , where a and b are positive integers
ab

       2−1

3) Give your answer in the form  a b, where a and b are integers [1]  

1
       
25

a [1]  
4) Give your answer in the form   , where a,b and c are positive integers
bc

       3 ×5−5

a [1]  
5) Give your answer in the form   , where a,b and c are integers
bc

       −1 ×7−4

6) Evaluate [4]  
1
     a)  121 2

1
     b)  64 3

2
     c)  64 3

3
     d)  4 2

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7) Evaluate, giving your answer as an integer or simplified fraction [3]  
−1
     a)  25 2

1 2
     b)  ( )
7

1 −3
     c)  ( )
7

8) Evaluate the following, giving your answer as a simplified fraction [2]  

27 23
     a)  ( )
8

4 −32
     b)  ( )
25

9) Give the following expression in index form [5]  

     a)  √ 3

     b)  √3 3

     c)  √6 2

     d)  √ 53

1
     e)   3 2
( √ 5)

10) Show the following as a power of 3 [1]  

       8 1

11) Show the following as a power of 2 [1]  

       4 2

12) Show the following as a power of 49 [1]  

       √ 7

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Solutions for the assessment Indices Rules - Advanced

1 1
1)  a)        b)  
15 25

1
1 2)  
     c)   2
27

3
3)  2−5 4)  
55

−1
5)  
74

6)  a) 11      b) 4

     c) 16      d) 8

1 1
7)  a)        b)  
5 49

     c)  34 3

9 125
8)  a)        b)  
4 8
1 1
9)  a)  3 2      b)  3 3

1 3
     c)  2 6      d)  5 2

−2
1 3 10)  3 4
     e)   2 ∨5
53
1
11)  24 12)  49 4

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