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Zero and Negative Exponents Review

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Simplify the expression 460.

a)

0

b)

1

c)

46

d)

460

2.

Simplify the expression w0 , where w ≠ 0.

a)

0

b)

1

c)

w

d)

w1

3.

Express 8-4 using a positive exponent.

a)

84

b)

32

c)

1/8-4

d)

1/84

4.

Express y-9 using a positive exponent.

a)

y9

b)

9 y

c)

1/y-9

d)

1/y9

5.

Express 1/d6 using a negative exponent.

a)

d6

b)

d-6

c)

1/d-6

d)

1/d6

6.

Express 1/105 using a negative exponent.

a)

105

b)

10-5

c)

1/10-5

d)

1/105

7.

Simplify the expression 94 . 9-6

a)

9-24

b)

910

c)

92

d)

1/92

8.

Simplify the expression y-9 . y3

a)

y-27

b)

y-12

c)

y-6

d)

1/y6

9.

Simplify the expression:  x−8x−12\frac{x^{-8}}{x^{-12}}  

a)

 x96x^{96}  

b)

 x2x^2  

c)

 x4x^4  

d)

 x−20x^{-20}  

10.

Simplify 8-7 . 87 . 104 . 10-4 without exponents.

a)

0

b)

1

c)

8 . 10

d)

80

11.

Which of the following expressions are simplified?

Select all that apply.

a)

n4

b)

1/n-5

c)

n6 . n-8

d)

n7 . p8

e)

1/n3

12.

A dish containing bacteria has a diameter of 0.0001 kilometer. The diameter of a bacterium is 10-16 kilometer.


How many times as large is the diameter of the dish as the diameter of the bacterium?

__ times as large

a)

1012

b)

10-12

c)

1020

d)

10-20

13.

The table shows the diameters of two objects.

How many times as great is the diameter of a pinhead as the diameter of a cloud-water droplet?

__ times as great

a)

10

b)

100

c)

1000

d)

108