Understanding Exponents and Powers

Understanding Exponents and Powers

Assessment

Interactive Video

Mathematics

6th - 7th Grade

Hard

Created by

Thomas White

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The video tutorial covers the concept of exponents, explaining how they work with whole numbers and fractions. It lists powers of numbers within a specific range and demonstrates how to convert multiplication expressions into addition. The tutorial also explains exponential expressions and the advantages of using exponential notation. Finally, it compares the expressions 4x and x^4, providing examples to illustrate the differences.

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the expanded form of 3 to the fifth power?

3^5

3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3

3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3

5 x 3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the standard form of 4 to the third power?

32

12

64

16

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why do whole numbers raised to an exponent become larger?

Because they are multiplied by groups of themselves

Because they are added to themselves

Because they are divided by themselves

Because they are subtracted from themselves

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How does multiplying fractions with exponents affect their size?

They become smaller

They remain the same

They become larger

They double in size

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is a power of 3 within the range of 3 to 1000?

81

243

1024

512

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is NOT a power of 4 within the range of 4 to 1000?

1024

256

64

16

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How can you express n times a using only addition?

n x a

a x n

n + n + n + ... (a times)

a + a + a + ... (n times)

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