Indices Rules - Advanced

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Mark : /24 %

1) Evaluate, giving your answer as a simplified fraction [3]

a) 15−1

b) 5−2

c) 3−3

1 [1]
2) Give your answer in the form , where a and b are positive integers
ab

2−1

3) Give your answer in the form ab , where a and b are integers [1]

1
25

a
4) Give your answer in the form , where a,b and c are positive integers [1]
bc

3 × 5−5

a
5) Give your answer in the form , where a,b and c are integers [1]
bc

−1 × 7−4

6) Evaluate [4]
1
a) 1212
1
b) 643
2
c) 643

3
d) 42

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7) Evaluate, giving your answer as an integer or simplified fraction [3]
1
a) 25−2
1
b) (7)2

1
c) (7)−3

8) Evaluate the following, giving your answer as a simplified fraction [2]

27 2
a) ( 8 )3

3
4
b) (25)−2

9) Give the following expression in index form [5]

a) √3
3
b) √3
6
c) √2

d) √53

1
e) 3
( √5)2

10) Show the following as a power of 3 [1]

81

11) Show the following as a power of 2 [1]

42

12) Show the following as a power of 49 [1]

√7

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Solutions for the assessment Indices Rules - Advanced

1 1
1) a) b)
15 25

1
1 2)
c) 2
27

3
3) 2−5 4) 55

1
5) − 74

6) a) 11 b) 4

c) 16 d) 8

1 1
7) a) b)
5 49

c) 343

9 125
8) a) b)
4 8

1 1
9) a) 32 b) 33

1 3
c) 26 d) 52

1 2
10) 34
e) 2 or5−3
53

1
11) 24 12) 494

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