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LESSON Exponents and Roots

1 Practice A: Integer Exponents
Simplify. Write in decimal form.
1. 101 2. 106 3. 102 4. 101

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5. 100 6. 103 7. 105 8. 106

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9. 107 10. 104 11. 103 12. 105

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Simplify.
13. (2)3 14. 34 15. (4)2 16. 24

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17. 52 18. 63 19. (9)2 20. (3)3

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21. 8  30  21 22. 4  (6)0  41

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23. 3(9)0  42 24. 6  (5)2  (4  3)0

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25. One centimeter equals 102 meter. Simplify 102.

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26. The area of a square is 104 square feet. Simplify 104.

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LESSON Exponents and Roots

1 Problem Solving: Integer Exponents
Write the correct answer.
1. The weight of 107 dust particles is 2. The weight of one dust particle is
1 gram. Simplify 107. 107 gram. Simplify 107.

3. As of 2001, only 106 rural homes in 4. Atomic clocks measure time in

the United States had broadband microseconds. A microsecond is
Internet access. Simplify 106. 106 second. Simplify 106.

Choose the letter for the best answer.

5. The diameter of the nucleus of an 6. The diameter of the nucleus of an
atom is about 1015 meter. Simplify atom is 0.000001 nanometer. How
1015. many nanometers is the diameter of
A 0.0000000000001 the nucleus of an atom?
B 0.00000000000001 F (10)5
C 0.0000000000000001 G (10)6

D 0.000000000000001 H 106
J 105

7. A ruby-throated hummingbird weighs 8. A ruby-throated hummingbird

about 32 ounce. Simplify 32. breathes 2 u 53 times per minute

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A 9 while at rest. Simplify this amount.
B 6 F 1,000

1 G 250
C
9 H 125
1 J 30
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Answers for Lesson 1
1
Practice A 17. 6 18. 0
16
1. 0.1 2. 0.000001
4
3. 100 4. 10 19. 1 20. 2
9
5. 1 6. 1000
1
7. 0.00001 8. 1,000,000 21. 22. 1,000,000
1000
9. 0.0000001 10. 10,000
11. 0.001 12. 100,000 Practice C

1 1 1 1
13.  14. 1.  2.
8 81 64 121

1 1 1
1 3. 4.
15. 16. 729 243
16 16
1 1 1 1
17. 18. 5. 6. 
25 216 64 1024
1 8
1 1 7.  8. 5
19. 20.  2 9
81 27
1
1 3 9. 9 10. 8
21. 7 22. 4 16
2 4
9
1 1 11. 12. 5
23. 3 24. 5 14
16 25
1 1 1 1
13. 26 14. 16
25. 26. 32 2
100 10,000

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15. 1,127,000 m 16. 2420 km
Practice B
Review for Mastery
1. 0.001 2. 1000
3. 0.00001 4. 0.01 1. 73 2. 95
5. 1 6. 10,000 3. 134
7. 10 8. 100,000 1 1
4. = = 0.001
1 1 103 1000
9. 10. 
36 729 1 1 1
5. = =
1 1 5 3
5 • 5 • 5 125
11. 12.
32 81 1 1 1
6. = =
1 1 33 3 • 3 • 3 27
13.  14.
12 216
1 8
15. 9 16. 15
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7. ;
–4 1. 3 2. 3
1 1 1
; 1
(4) 2 (4) x (4) 16 3. 4. 4
3
1 1 1
 1
(4) 3 (4) x (4) x (4) 64 5. 4 6.
16
1 1
8. 23; 9. (6)2;
8 36 Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
1 1
10. 42; 11. (3)3;  53 125 63 216 103 1000
16 27
52 25 62 36 102 100
1 1
12. 13. 
36 8 51 5 61 6 101 10
1 1
14. 15. 50 1 60 1 100 1
216 25
1 1 1
1 1 51 61 101
16. 17.  5 6 10
16 9
1 1 1
Challenge 52 62 102
25 36 100
2 1 1
1. 64 ; 8 ; 8
Puzzles, Twisters & Teasers
2 1
2. 1
100 ; 10 ; 10 1. A 2. L
3. A 4. R
4001 = 201 = 20
2
3.
5. M 6. C
64 2 = 42 = 16
3
4. 7. L 8. U
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216 2 = 62 = 36 9. C 10. K
3
5.
1000 2 = 102 = 100
3
6. A L A R M
6253 = 53 = 125
4
7. C L U C K
322 = 22 = 4
5
8. Answers for Lesson 2
9. 4
10,0005 = 105 = 100,000
Practice A
Problem Sloving 1. 25 2. 37
1. 10,000,000 2. 0.0000001 3. 18 4. 57
3. 1,000,000 4. 0.000001 5. 82 6. 79
5. D 6. H 7. 123 8. n11
7. C 8. G 9. 23 10. 101
11. 43 12. (3)2
13. 52 14. 246

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