Year 7 Date : ……………..

Name :

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Indices Rules - Basics

1) Write in index form

a) 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 = 2 5

b) 7 × 2 × 2 =28

c) 5×5×5×5×5×5
5×5×5×5 =1010

2) Write in index form

a) 5 × 5 × 5 =53

b) 7 × 5 × 7 × 5= 70

c) 7×7×7×7×7×7
7×7 =78

d) 5 × 3 × 5 × 3 × 5

d) 3−4 =-1
−2
3 =1

e) (10−1)2

3) Evaluate

a) 780 =0

b) 46 × 4−4

c) 3−2 × 3−5 × 36

d) 42 ÷ 45 =47

e) 24
6
2

��) (3−3)−1
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4) Simplify, giving your answer in index form a) 70 × 64 …………….

7−2 7) Show the following as a power of 4 16−1

………………..
b) 7−2 × 75 × 7−3

c) (3−2)4 81−2 ……………..

[5]
d) 34 ÷ 3−4

e) 5−6
−3
5

f) 25 × 2−1

e) 7−2 × 7−5 × 70

f) (52)−2

g) 2−6 ÷ 26

f) 50
5
5

5) Simplify

880 ……………….

710 ……………..
[1] [1]
6) Show the following as a power of 5 125 …………….
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Year 7 Date : …………….. Name :

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8) Here is a list of numbers

2 4 5 8 9 12

Write down all the numbers from this list, which are

A. Odd ………5………………….

B. Square ……2……4…………………

C. Cube ………8………………12……….

D. Prime ……………9…………………..

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√������ From the list above, write down

E. A prime number …9……………..

F. A factor of 27 ………9…………

G. A multiple of 4 ………12……….

H. An irrational number ………8…………..

10) Write down the prime number between 62 and 70

………………………63………………………………………………

8) 11 12 13 14 15 16 From the list of numbers, write

down.

The factors of 60 …12……………………………………

 The prime numbers ………11…………………………

A square number ……………12………………………….

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Year 7 Date : …………….. Name :

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9) On Monday, the temperature was -3℃.

On Tuesday, the temperature fell by 5℃.
Write down the temperature on Tuesday.
…………………-
8…………………………………………………………………………………………..

10) On a winter’s day in Vienna the maximum

temperature was -2℃
The minimum temperature was 11 ℃ lower than this.
Write down the minimum temperature.

……………-
13…………………………………………………………………………………

11) The temperature at noon at an Antarctica weather

center was
-15℃. At midnight, it had fallen by 12℃.
What was the temperature at midnight?

………………-27……………………………………………………………………………………………………
12) On 1st of august, the level of water in a lake was -
15 meters. A month later, the level was 2metres
higher.
Write down the new level of water.

…………………-
 13…………………………………………………………………………….

13) The temperature on Saturday was -2℃.

The temperature on Sunday was 8℃.
Write down the difference in these two temperatures.

……………………………-10…………………………………………………………………………

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REVISION:
Write down the answer to

(a) 3 – 7=........ -4.................

(b) −4 − 5........-9.................

Workout: −8 + 3 = …-

5………………….. Write down the

number that is

(a) −2 multiplied by 7 .........-

14................ (b) −8 multiplied by
−3 ..........24............... (c) −10
divided by 5 ........-2................. (d)
−12 divided by −2 ……………

24………… Write down the answer to

(a) −2 x −7 =............14.............
 (b) 21 ÷ −7= .............3............

(c) −100 ÷ −4=..............25...........

Work out each of the following

(a) 7 − (− 4).=..................3 ......

(b) −2 + (−3)=............-5.............

(c) −6 − (−8)=........-2................

Fill in the missing numbers:

a) 2x…-8….=-16

b) -1 x …1…=2

c) …8…….x-7=42

d) ……-5…..÷ 3 =-15

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