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LESSON Exponents and Roots

1 Problem Solving: Integer Exponents
Write the correct answer.
1. The weight of 107 dust particles is 2. The weight of one dust particle is
1 gram. Simplify 107. 10 7 gram. Simplify 10 7.

3. As of 2001, only 106 rural homes in 4. Atomic clocks measure time in

the United States had broadband microseconds. A microsecond is
Internet access. Simplify 106. 10 6 second. Simplify 10 6.

Choose the letter for the best answer.

5. The diameter of the nucleus of an 6. The diameter of the nucleus of an
atom is about 10 15 meter. Simplify atom is 0.000001 nanometer. How
10 15. many nanometers is the diameter of
A 0.0000000000001 the nucleus of an atom?
B 0.00000000000001 F ( 10)5
C 0.0000000000000001 G ( 10)6
6
D 0.000000000000001 H 10
5
J 10

7. A ruby-throated hummingbird weighs 8. A ruby-throated hummingbird

about 3 2 ounce. Simplify 3 2. breathes 2 53 times per minute

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A 9 while at rest. Simplify this amount.
B 6 F 1,000

1 G 250
C
9 H 125
1 J 30
D
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Simplify the exponents.

5 2 5 6
1) n • n 7) y • y • y

3 4
2) ( 3d 2
• 4d • d
2
) 8) ( 2g z ) 4

3
3) ( 2h y ) 3 5
9)
5 -6
w r • 5w r • 9wr
-2 6 3

4 3
3h b 2 yg 2
4) ( ____
2
) 10) ( ____
6 5
)
8hb 7y g

4
y_ 4b
___
5) 2
11) 4
y 6b

3 -5
c_ 2 3r
6) ( ) 6
12) ____
3 -4
c 2r d

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Simplify the exponents.
4 6
8r 3 c 2
1) ( ____
6 2
) 7) ( ) _
2
6r n c

d
__ 3 -2 -6 2 5
2) 4
8) w s • 5w s • 3ws
d

4 -6
2sh 2 3z
3) ( ____
6 3
) 9) ___
5
3s h 7z

6 5
9b r 3
4) ____
2 4
10) ( 7r y ) 3 6

4b r

2
5) ( 3s 3
• s • 4s )
2
11)
5
7bh • 5b h
2 6

5 2 3 2
6) ( )•( )•( )
1
_
y
1
_
y
1
_
y
12) ( 2d 2
• 3d )

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Simplify the exponents.
2
6b 3 3
1) ( ___
) 7) ( 3h 2
• 4h • h
3
)
2b

4
2 2 2
2) ( __
3
) 8) ( 3h 3
•h•4)
2

2
9 3
3) ( __
) 9) w • w
3 2

5 -6
2s
__ 2w
___
4) 3
10) -3
7s 9w

3
5)
4 -3
3w z • 4w z
-4 5
11) ( 2c d ) 2 3

6
2 4 3
__
6) 4y • 9y 12) 5
3

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LESSON Exponents and Roots

2 Problem Solving: Properties of Exponents
Write each answer as a power.
1. Cindy separated her fruit flies into 2. Suppose a researcher tests a new
equal groups. She estimates that method of pasteurization on a strain of
there are 210 fruit flies in each of 22 bacteria in his laboratory. If the
jars. How many fruit flies does Cindy bacteria are killed at a rate of 89 per
have in all? sec, how many bacteria would be
killed after 82 sec?

3. A satellite orbits the earth at about 4. The side of a cube is 34 centimeters

134 km per hour. How long would it long. What is the volume of the
take to complete 24 orbits, which is a cube? (Hint: V s3.)
distance of about 135 km?

Use the table to answer Exercises 5 6. The table describes the

number of people involved at each level of a pyramid scheme.
In a pyramid scheme each individual recruits so many others to
participate who in turn recruit others, and so on. Choose the
letter of the best answer.
5. Using exponents, how many people Pyramid Scheme
will be involved at level 6? Each person recruits 5 others.
A 66 C 55 Level Total Number of People
1 5

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B 65 D 56
2 52
6. How many times as many people will
be involved at level 6 than at level 2? 3 53
4 54
F 54 H 55
G 53 J 56
8. After 3 hours, a bacteria colony has
7. There are 103 ways to make a 3-digit
(253)3 bacteria present. How many
combination, but there are 106 ways
bacteria are in the colony?
to make a 6-digit combination. How
many times more ways are there to F 251 H 259
make a 6-digit combination than a G 256 J 2533
3-digit combination?
A 510 C 25
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LESSON Exponents and Roots

1 Review for Mastery: Integer Exponents
To rewrite a negative exponent,
5 2 1
move the power to the denominator
of a unit fraction. 52

Complete to rewrite each power with a positive exponent.

3
1 5
1 4
1
1. 7 2. 9 3. 13

Complete each pattern.

1 1 1 1
4. 10 0.1 5. 5
10 5
2 1 1 2 1 1 1
10 0.01 5
10 2 100 5 2 5 5 25
3 3
10 5

1 1 1
6. 3 7. ( 4)
3
2 1 1 1 2
3 ( 4)
3 2 3 3 9
3 3
3 ( 4)

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Simplify.

3
1 2
1
8. 2 9. ( 6)

2
1 3
1
10. 4 11. ( 3)

2 3
12. 6 13. ( 2)

3 2
14. 6 15. ( 5)

4 1
16. 2 17. ( 9)

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LESSON Exponents and Roots

2 Review for Mastery: Properties of Exponents
To multiply powers To divide powers with To raise a power
with the same base, the same base, to a power,
keep the base and add keep the base and keep the base and
exponents. subtract exponents. multiply exponents.
xa • xb xa b
xa xb xa b
(xa)b xab
45 • 42 45 2
47 45 42 45 2
43 (45)2 45(2) 410
83 • 8 83 1
84 83 8 83 1
82

Complete to see why the rules for exponents work.

1. 45 • 42 ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )( ) • ( )( ) 4

2. 83 • 8 ( )( )( )•( ) 8
45 4 4 4 4 4
3. 45 42 4
42 4 4
83 8 8 8
4. 83 8 8
8 8

5. (42)3 42 • 42 • 42 42 2 2
42(3) 4

Complete to write each product or quotient as one power.

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6. 123 • 122 123 2
12 7. 94 • 93 9 9
76 126
8. 76–2 7 9. 12 12
72 124

Write each product or quotient as one power.

10. 104 • 106 11. 55 • 5 12. 45 • 4 • 43
15 6 95 210
13. 14. 15.
152 9 22

Simplify.
16. (53)4 53(4) 17. (62)4 62(4) 18. (25)2

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