What Are Exponents
What Are Exponents
1. For each of the powers shown, please indicate the Base, Exponent, and the value of the power. Fill in all the
missing information to complete the chart:
54 5555
63
4
5
5
3
3 6
4 2401
2 1024
4 4 4 4 4
10 10 10 10
a) 33 b) 43 c) 6 d) 35
4
e) 53 f) 26 g) 2 h) 7
6 3
i) 36 j) 10 k) 54 l) 94
8
4. Suppose the population of rats double every 4 days. If a house began with 4 rats on day 1, how many rats will
there be after four months?
6. If Bill Gates offered you two different jobs at his company with very similar responsibilities, which one will
you take? Job A gets paid $1500 every day. Job B gets paid $0.01 on the first day, $0.02 on the second, $0.04
on the third, and doubles every day for the next 30days. Which job will you take? Which one will pay more
and by how much?
7. Given that “a” and “b” are integers and a b 64 , what are all the possible pairs of “a” and “b” that are
possible? List them all out: