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Powers of fractions with negative exponents

Grade 8 math · Fieldbook Learning

Name ______________________ Date __________

Raise the top and the bottom to the power. For a negative exponent, flip the fraction first.

  1. Evaluate (7/8)⁻³. (Write a fraction in lowest terms, or a whole number.)
  2. Evaluate (4/7)⁻⁴. (Write a fraction in lowest terms, or a whole number.)
  3. Evaluate (5/7)⁻³. (Write a fraction in lowest terms, or a whole number.)
  4. Evaluate (4/9)⁻². (Write a fraction in lowest terms, or a whole number.)
  5. Evaluate (7/9)⁻⁴. (Write a fraction in lowest terms, or a whole number.)
  6. Evaluate (1/3)⁻⁴. (Write a fraction in lowest terms, or a whole number.)
  7. Evaluate (3/8)⁻². (Write a fraction in lowest terms, or a whole number.)
  8. Evaluate (5/6)⁻³. (Write a fraction in lowest terms, or a whole number.)
  9. Evaluate (9/11)⁻². (Write a fraction in lowest terms, or a whole number.)
  10. Evaluate (9/10)⁻³. (Write a fraction in lowest terms, or a whole number.)
  11. Evaluate (11/12)⁻⁴. (Write a fraction in lowest terms, or a whole number.)
  12. Evaluate (1/4)⁻². (Write a fraction in lowest terms, or a whole number.)
  13. Evaluate (2/9)⁻³. (Write a fraction in lowest terms, or a whole number.)
  14. Evaluate (1/15)⁻⁴. (Write a fraction in lowest terms, or a whole number.)
  15. Evaluate (1/2)⁻³. (Write a fraction in lowest terms, or a whole number.)
  16. Evaluate (1/6)⁻³. (Write a fraction in lowest terms, or a whole number.)
  17. Evaluate (3/8)⁻⁴. (Write a fraction in lowest terms, or a whole number.)
  18. Evaluate (9/19)⁻⁴. (Write a fraction in lowest terms, or a whole number.)
  19. Evaluate (3/7)⁻². (Write a fraction in lowest terms, or a whole number.)
  20. Evaluate (13/17)⁻². (Write a fraction in lowest terms, or a whole number.)
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Answer key: Powers of fractions with negative exponents

  1. 512/343
  2. 2401/256
  3. 343/125
  4. 81/16
  5. 6561/2401
  6. 81
  7. 64/9
  8. 216/125
  9. 121/81
  10. 1000/729
  11. 20736/14641
  12. 16
  13. 729/8
  14. 50625
  15. 8
  16. 216
  17. 4096/81
  18. 130321/6561
  19. 49/9
  20. 289/169