Introduction to Exponents Exercises

Complete this assessment to practice working with exponents and check your answers. If you need more practice, do Problem Sets 2 and 3.

Introduction to Exponents

Complete each multiplication operation.

  1. 2 \cdot 2 \cdot 2 \cdot 2 \cdot 2 = 2

  2. 3x \cdot 3x \cdot 3x \cdot 3x = (\text{___} )^4

  3. 5^3 \cdot 5^4 = 5\text{___}

  4. x^2 \cdot x^3 =\text{___} 5

  5. (-4)(-4)(-4) = (-4) \text{___}

  6. (x + 3)(x + 3) = (\text{___} )^2

  7. 7 \cdot 7^5 = 7\text{___}

  8. z^6 \cdot z^3 =\text{___} 9

  9. (m + n - 1)(m + n - 1) = (m + n - 1)\text{___}

  10. (7y)(7y)(7y)(7y)(7y) = (\text{___} )^5

  11. 7^0 \cdot 7^4 = 7\text{___}

  12. (x - 1) \cdot (x - 1) \cdot (x - 1) = (\text{___} )^3

Complete each sum.

  1. y^3 + y^3 + y^3 + y^3 = 4 \cdot y\text{___}

  2. b^2 + b^2 + b^2 = \text{___}\cdot b2

  3. a^6 + a^6 + a^6 = 3 \cdot a\text{___}

  4. x + x + x + x = \text{___}\cdot x

  5. 5 + 5 + 5 =\text{___} \cdot 5

  6. y^2 + y^2 + y^2 = 3 \cdot y\text{___}

Source: Algebra2Go, https://www.saddleback.edu/faculty/lperez/algebra2go/prealgebra/
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