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Multiplication Properties of Exponents ⸱ Practice

Examples 1, 3, 4
Simplify each expression.
1. (q2)(2q4) 2. (–2u2)(6u6)

3. (9w2x8)(w6x4) 4. (y6z9)(6y4z2)

5. (b8c6d5)(7b6c2d) 6. (14fg2h2)(3f4g2h2)

7. (j5k7)4 8. (n3p)4

9. [(22)2]2 10. [(32)2]4

11. [(4r2t)3]2 12. [(–2xy2)3]2

13. (y2z)(yz2) 14. (l 2k2)(l 3k)

15. (–5m3)(3m8) 16. (–2c4d)(–4cd)

17. (3pr2)2 18. (2b3c4)2

Example 2
19. COMMUNITY SERVICE During the school year, each student planted 1.2 × 102 flowers as part of
a community service project. If there are 1.5 × 103 students in the school, how many flowers did
they plant in total?

20. CHERRIES A farmer has 350 cherry trees on his farm. If each cherry tree yields 6200 cherries
per year, how many cherries can the farmer harvest per year? Write your answer in
scientific notation.

21. PANDAS When born, a panda cub only weighs 2.2 × 10–1 pounds. As they grow older, adult
pandas, on average, weigh 1.1 × 103 times more than a newborn panda. How much does an
average adult panda weigh?

22. SALES An automobile company sold 2.3 million new cars in a year. If the average price per car
was $21,000, how much money did the company make that year? Write your answer in
scientific notation.

23. APPLE JUICE An apple juice company produced 8.3 billion individual-size bottles of apple
juice last year. If each bottle contains 355 milliliters of juice, how many milliliters of
apple juice did the company produce?

Example 5
24. BLOCKS Building blocks are in the shape of a cube. The dimensions of the building blocks
1 2
are based on the length of the packaging box, which is defined as  x centimeters,
12
where x is the length of the packaging box. What is the volume of a building block in
terms of x?

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25. FIELDS A field is in the shape of a square. The length of the field is 5x3y5. What is the area of the
field in terms of x and y?

26. PICTURE FRAME Michelle is 27. SHIPPING A shipping box is in the shape of a
purchasing a new picture frame to cube. What is the volume of the shipping box
hang in her bedroom. The picture in terms of m and n?
frame is square shaped. What is the
area of the interior of the picture
frame in terms of c and d?

Mixed Exercises
Simplify each expression.
28. (2a3)4(a3)3 29. (c3)2(–3c5)2

30. (2gh4)3[(–2g4h)3]2 31. (5k2m)3[(4km4)2]2

32. (p5r2)4(–7p3r4)(6pr3) 33. (5x2y)2(2xy3z)3(4xyz)

34. (5a2b3c4)4(6a3b4c2) 35. (10xy5z3)(3x4y6z3)

36. (0.5x3)2 37. (0.4h5)3

( ) ( )
3 2
−3 4 2
38. 39. a
4c 5

3
40. (8y )(–3x y ) x y
3 2 2
8 (
4
) 41.
7 ( )
4 2
m (49m)(17p)
1 5
34
p ( )
42. (–3r3w4)3(2rw)2(–3r2)3(4rw2)3(2r2w3) 43. (3ab2c)2(–2a2b4)2(a4c2)3(a2b4c5)2(2a3b2c4)3

STRUCTURE Determine whether each pair of expressions is equivalent. Write yes or no.
44. (a7)(a7)(a7)(a7) and a2401 45. (–j9)(–j9)(–j9)(–j9) and –j27

46. (5p3q)(4p5q9) and 20p8q10 47. (6w5)2 and 36w25

48. (x10)3 and (x3)10 49. [(2n2)3]2 and (4n4)3

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50. GRAVITY An object that has been falling for x seconds has dropped at an average speed of
16x feet per second. If the object is dropped from a great height, its total distance traveled is
the product of the average rate times the time. Write a simplified expression to show the
distance the object has traveled after x seconds.

51. ELECTRICITY An electrician uses the formula W = I2R, where W is the power in watts, I is the
current in amperes, and R is the resistance in ohms.

a. Find the power in a household circuit that has 2x2 amperes of current and 5x3 ohms
of resistance.

b. If the current is reduced by one-half, what happens to the power?

52. MOLECULES A glass of water contains 0.25 liter of water. If 1 milliliter of water contains
3.3 × 1022 water molecules, how many water molecules are there in the glass of water?

53. CIVIL ENGINEERING A developer is planning a sidewalk for a new development. The sidewalk
can be installed in rectangular sections that have a fixed width of 3 feet and a length that can
vary. Assuming that each section is the same length, express the area of a 4-section sidewalk as
a monomial.

54. USE A SOURCE Suppose each student in your school is required to complete 60 hours of
community service before they graduate. Find the number of students in the senior class at
your school. Based on this number, calculate total minimum number of community service
hours completed by the senior class by the time they graduate. Write your answer in
scientific notation.

55. REGULARITY Recall that both multiplication and addition are commutative and associative.
Multiplication also distributes over addition.

a. What would it mean for the operation of raising one number to an exponent to be
commutative? Decide and explain whether this operation is commutative.

b. What would it mean for the operation of raising one number to an exponent to be
associative? Decide and explain whether this operation is associative.

c. What would it mean for the process of raising one exponent to another to distribute over
addition? Decide and explain whether this is true.

d. What would it mean for the process of raising one exponent to another to distribute over
multiplication? Decide and explain whether this is true.

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56. STATE YOUR ASSUMPTION Consider the expressions (mp)(mq) and (mp)q.

a. What must be true about p and q for (mp)(mq) = (mp)q? Give an example.

b. Assuming m, p, and q are all positive integers, can (mp)(mq) > (mp)q ever be true? Explain.

57. PERSEVERE For any nonzero real numbers a and b and any integers m and t, simplify the

( )
m 2t
−a
expression . Explain.
bt

58. ANALYZE Consider the equations in the table.

a. For each equation, write the related expression and record the power of x.

b. Graph each equation using a graphing calculator.

c. Classify each graph as linear or nonlinear.

d. Explain how to determine whether an equation, or its related expression, is linear or

nonlinear without graphing.

59. CREATE Write three different expressions that can be simplified to x6.

60. WRITE Write a product of powers that is positive for all nonzero values of the variable. Explain
your reasoning.

61. FIND THE ERROR Jade and Sal are each writing an equivalent form of g5gh6. Is either correct?
Explain your reasoning.

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