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Y8 Indices Practice

The document provides a practice worksheet on index numbers and exponents for students in Year 8. It contains 3 parts - Part A asks students to simplify expressions using the product rule to write them as single exponents, Part B deals with simplifying expressions involving negative integers, and Part C asks students to simplify expressions by making the bases of all power expressions the same. The document also provides targets and a sample quiz for students to test their understanding of index rules and working with exponents.

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Y8 Indices Practice

The document provides a practice worksheet on index numbers and exponents for students in Year 8. It contains 3 parts - Part A asks students to simplify expressions using the product rule to write them as single exponents, Part B deals with simplifying expressions involving negative integers, and Part C asks students to simplify expressions by making the bases of all power expressions the same. The document also provides targets and a sample quiz for students to test their understanding of index rules and working with exponents.

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Year 8.

1 Index Numbers Practice

Use product rule and rewrite each expression as single exponent.


Part A – Simplify the following (leaving your answers in power form)

1. _______________

2. _______________

3. _______________

4. _______________

5. _______________

6. _______________

Part B – Simplify the following (dealing with negative integers where appropriate)

1. _______________

2. _______________

3. _______________

4. _______________

5. _______________

6. _______________

Part C

Simplify these expressions by making the bases of all power expressions the same (hint: use the base all numbers
are a power of, e.g. 9 and 27 are both powers of 3). Example:

1. _______________
2. _______________

3. _______________

4. _______________

5. _______________

6. _______________
Targets:

 I can expand a number in index form.


 I can write an expanded number in index form.
 I know the product rule of indices.
 I know the quotient rule of indices.
 I know the power rule of indices.
 I can apply all the rules of indices to simply expressions.
 I know how to use numbers in standard form
Year 8 Quiz on Indices

Name:______________________

1. Rewrite each exponent form in expanded form (You do not have to evaluate)

(a) ___________________________ (b) _________________________

2. Rewrite the following in exponent form:

(a) ___________________ (b) ____________

3. Where possible rewrite the following as a single exponent with a positive index:

(a) (b) (c)

(d) (e) (f)

(g) (h) (i)

(j) (k) (l)

4. Use laws of exponents to rewrite each expression as single positive exponents:

(a)

(b)

5. Write these numbers as ordinary numbers


(a) (b)

6. Write the following numbers in standard form


(a) 0.0000087 (b) 546000

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