UNIT 2

Powers and roots.

1. Powers

1.1. Exponents with negative bases

Exercise1. Calculate

Exercise 2. Fill in the gaps

Exercise 3. Calculate

Exercise 4. Find the sign of this powers (only the sign)

(-1)12

(-8)501

(-6)204

1.2. Powers of 1 and 0

1.3. Operations with powers of the same base

Product

Exercise 5. Fill in the gaps

Division

Exercise 6. Fill in the gaps

Power of a power

Exercise 7. Fill in the missing numbers

Exercise 8. Express as just one power

a)
b)
c)
d)

(3)8 (3)2 (3)7

[(29 )]3 (2)
(3)5 (3)2
(9)4 (9)2
(9)6
7) 2

e) [(5 ] [(53 )]5

f) (6)2 (6)5 (6)

1.4. Operations with powers of the same exponent

Product
When doing the product of two powers with the same exponent, the exponent
remains unchanged and the bases are multiplied
Example: 53*83= 403

Division
When doing the division of two powers with the same exponent, the exponent
remains unchanged and the bases are divided

Example: 353:53= 73

(27)6
(3)6

Exercise 9. Express as just one power

= (27)6 : (3)6 = (9)6

Exercise 10. Express as just one power

Exercise 11. Find the value of a

Exercise 11. Fill in the gaps

2. Roots

Exercise 12.Calculate the following square roots:

Exercise 13.Estimate the value of the following square roots:

Exercise 14.Calculate the integer square root and the remainder

2.1. Calculating the square root of a number

Example: Find 645

Exercise 15.Calculate the integer square root and the remainder

2.2. Operations with square roots

2.2.1.

Multiplication

The square root of a product is equal to the product of the square roots
of each factor
=
2.2.2.

Division

The square root of a division is equal to the division of the square roots
of each factor
: = :
2.2.3.

: = :

Power of the square root

Exercise 16. Find the value of a

Exercise 17. Express as a power

3. Order of operations (PEDMAS)

Exercise 18. Calculate

Exercise 19. Calculate

Exercise 20. Calculate

Exercise 21. Write as a product of roots and calculate

Exercise 22. Write as a power

Exercise 23. Calculate

Exercise 24. Write each number as a power in two different ways

Exercise 25. Write as a single power

Exercise 26. Find the value of a

Exercise 27. Calculate

Exercise 28. Write all the perfect square between 200 and 300.
(A perfect square is a number that can be expressed as the product of two equal integers)

Exercise 29. Find the integer square root and the remainder of:
a) 36

b) 13

c) 92

d) 58

e) 140

Exercise 30. The integer square root of a number is 15 and the remainder is 40. Find the
number.
Exercise 31. Calculate

Exercise 32. Express as a single root and calculate

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Exercise 33. Express as products and divisions of roots and calculate.

Exercise 34. Express as a product of two roots and calculate.

Exercise 35. Factorise the radicand and calculate

Exercise 36. (Difficult) Calculate.

Exercise 37. (Difficult) Express the radicand as the square of a number and calculate.

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Exercise 38. Calculate

Exercise 39. (Difficult) Calculate

Exercise 40. What is the fewest number of years that must elapse from the year 2007 to be a
perfect square.

Exercise 41. Peter wants to fence a square plot of 1225 square meters. How many meters of
wire are needed?

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