Base and Exponent

The Base ____________________________.

• tells how many zeros to add

• is the number that is being multiplied repeatedly

• is the number being added repeatedly

• tells how many decimals to add

Mrs. Cook owes Mrs. Chambers $100. What should this number look like in exponent form?

• 10¹

• 10¹⁸

• 10²

• 10⁶

Express the following numbers as powers of ten:
100,000

• 10⁴

• 10⁵

• 10⁶

• 10⁷

• the exponent tells you to add four zeros

• the base tells you to add four zeros

Rick has 2 x 10¹ rings. How many rings does he have?

• 20,000 rings

• 200 rings

• 2,000 rings

• 20 rings

Ms. Wheeler's son has 6 x 10² pairs of socks. How many pairs does he have?

• 6,000 socks

• 600,000 socks

• 600 socks

• 6 socks

Lindsey has 10 x 10 x 10 x 10 x 10 in savings. How do you write that in exponent form?

• 10⁴

• 10³

• 10⁵

• 10⁶

Madelyn owes the college bookstore 4 x 10⁴ dollars. How much does she owe?

• $40,000

• $400,000

• $400

• $40

3⁻⁴

• 1 ⁄ 81

• -81

• 81

• 1 ⁄ 12

Solve 3^-3

• -27

• -9

• -1/9

• 1/27