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Negative exponents

Grade 8 math · Fieldbook Learning

Name ______________________ Date __________

Multiply the base by itself as many times as the exponent says. A zero exponent gives 1, and a negative exponent means take the reciprocal.

  1. Evaluate 11⁻³. (Write a whole number or a fraction.)
  2. Evaluate 3⁻¹. (Write a whole number or a fraction.)
  3. Evaluate 7⁻³. (Write a whole number or a fraction.)
  4. Evaluate 10⁻⁴. (Write a whole number or a fraction.)
  5. Evaluate 11⁻⁴. (Write a whole number or a fraction.)
  6. Evaluate 4⁻¹. (Write a whole number or a fraction.)
  7. Evaluate 6⁻². (Write a whole number or a fraction.)
  8. Evaluate 10⁻². (Write a whole number or a fraction.)
  9. Evaluate 10⁻³. (Write a whole number or a fraction.)
  10. Evaluate 9⁻⁴. (Write a whole number or a fraction.)
  11. Evaluate 20⁻⁴. (Write a whole number or a fraction.)
  12. Evaluate 22⁻². (Write a whole number or a fraction.)
  13. Evaluate 22⁻³. (Write a whole number or a fraction.)
  14. Evaluate 29⁻¹. (Write a whole number or a fraction.)
  15. Evaluate 24⁻⁴. (Write a whole number or a fraction.)
  16. Evaluate 13⁻¹. (Write a whole number or a fraction.)
  17. Evaluate 13⁻². (Write a whole number or a fraction.)
  18. Evaluate 35⁻⁴. (Write a whole number or a fraction.)
  19. Evaluate 33⁻². (Write a whole number or a fraction.)
  20. Evaluate 25⁻³. (Write a whole number or a fraction.)
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Answer key: Negative exponents

  1. 1/1331
  2. 1/3
  3. 1/343
  4. 1/10000
  5. 1/14641
  6. 1/4
  7. 1/36
  8. 1/100
  9. 1/1000
  10. 1/6561
  11. 1/160000
  12. 1/484
  13. 1/10648
  14. 1/29
  15. 1/331776
  16. 1/13
  17. 1/169
  18. 1/1500625
  19. 1/1089
  20. 1/15625