Name: alejandro Date: Period: Score: First attempt due:

Practice Worksheet: Final corrections due:

Properties of Exponents
Simplify each expression completely using properties of exponents. Answers should have positive exponents
only and all numbers evaluated, for example 53 = 125. Each set of problems will use the property listed above
as well as a combination of properties attempted in previous sets.

NEGATIVE EXPONENT AND ZERO EXPONENT PROPERTIES

1. 𝑎−7 = 2. (21𝑐18 )−1 = 1/21c^18 3. (3𝑑2 )0 =1 4. 5(𝑥 0 )𝑦 −1 = 5/y
1/a^7

PRODUCT OF POWERS PROPERTY

5. 𝑎7 𝑎12 = a^19 6. 𝑐 3 𝑐 8 𝑐 −5 = c^6 7. (2𝑑 7 )(−4𝑑 9 𝑑 5 ) = 8. (9𝑥10 𝑦 3 )(−𝑥 5 𝑦 3 ) =
-8d^21 -9x^5 y^6

QUOTIENT OF POWERS PROPERTY

𝑎12 6𝑐 3 2𝑑 7 9𝑥 10 𝑦 3
9. = a^5 10. =2c^8 11.
−4𝑑 9 𝑑 5
=1/2d^7 12. =-9x^5
𝑎7 3𝑐 −5 −𝑥 5 𝑦 3

POWER OF A POWER PROPERTY

13. (𝑎3 )4 = a^12 14. (𝑐 −1 )3 = 1/c^3 15. (𝑑 5 )−2 = 1/d^10 16. (6𝑥 3 𝑦)(𝑥 2 )−2 =

6y/x
POWER OF A PRODUCT PROPERTY
17. (8𝑎5 )2 = 64a^10 18. (2𝑐 −1 )−3 =c^3/8 19. (−2𝑑10 )−2 = 1/4d^20 20. (4𝑥 2 𝑦 3 )−2 (−𝑥10 )2 =
1/s^2 x^2 y^6

POWER OF A QUOTIENT PROPERTY

𝑎 4 25𝑐 −1
2
−2𝑑 11 𝑓5
2 (−2𝑥)2 3
21. ( ) =a^4/16 22. ( ) = 25/c^2 23. ( ) = 24. ( ) =
2 5 4𝑑 −2 𝑓2 3𝑥𝑦 2
d^4 f^2 d^42/4 64x^3/27y^6

MORE PRACTICE WITH MIXED PROPERTIES

2 −1 2
𝑎 4 (8𝑎5 ) 16𝑐 6 𝑐 −2 −2𝑓 𝑑𝑓5 (4𝑥 2 𝑦 3 )0 3
25. ( ) = 26. ( ) = 27. (−2𝑓10) = 28. ( ) =
2 𝑎−1 𝑎10 (2𝑐 2 )3 𝑑5 −3𝑥 −1 𝑦 2
4a^5 c^4/4
1/2df^9

BONUS QUESTIONS
9 4 3 2
29. ( 𝑑 5 ) (2𝑑 −2 ) ( 𝑑 9 ) 8(–𝑚0 𝑛2 ) (−𝑛3 )
20 3 30.
𝑚6 𝑛0 (−2𝑚−2 𝑛4 )3