Exploring Adding and Subtracting Rational Expressions

What is the result of raising x squared to the eighth power?

• x to the 8th power

• x squared

• x to the 16th power

• x to the 64th power

If a monomial m to the ninth is raised to the fourth power, what is the new exponent of m?

• 13

• 36

• 45

• 9

How do you calculate the new power when a coefficient is involved, for example, 5 squared?

• Multiply the coefficient by itself

• Add the coefficient to itself

• Square the variable only

• Leave the coefficient unchanged

What is the result of (2 to the fifth power) times (x squared to the fifth)?

• 2x to the 25th

• 32x squared

• 32x to the 10th

• 10x squared

When simplifying x cubed to the third power, what is the final exponent of x?

• 9

• 6

• 12

• 3

What is the result of negative three to the third power?

• -27

• 27

• -9

• 9

How do you find the perimeter of a rectangle with sides 12x and 5x squared?

• 12x + 5x

• 60x squared

• 17x cubed

• 24x + 10x squared

What is the area of a triangle with base 3ab and height 4a squared b?

• 7a squared b

• 12ab

• 24a squared b

• 6a cubed b squared

For an equilateral triangle with a side of 20m cubed n to the fifth, what is the perimeter?

• 40m cubed n to the fifth

• 20m cubed n to the fifth

• 60m cubed n to the fifth

• 80m cubed n to the fifth

What is the area of a circle with radius 3xy cubed?

• 18pi xy to the sixth

• 9pi x squared y to the sixth

• 6pi x squared y cubed

• 9pi xy cubed