Quiz: Exponents

Name: _______________________
K/U T/I COMM APP
/12 /4 /5 /10

Show all your work for full marks!!

Knowledge/Understanding (12 marks)

1. Write as a radical.
5 2
a) 57 8  b) (41) 3 

2. Fully simplify the following.

4b 7  6b 9
a) 64 × 68  b) 15a 12  3a-2  c) 
12b15

3. Evaluate the following – you do not need to show steps – just use your calculator.
LEAVE IN FRACTION FORM - NO DECIMALS ALLOWED! (1 mark each = )
1
a) 5 –3 b) 16 2

2
4
d) - 30 e)  
5
Application (10 marks)

4. Write as a rational power.

a) 15  b)  6
5
3


5. Fully simplify the following.

2
 32 x 3 y 5 
a) (-m2) -7  b) (-2a3b-4)3  c)  4 
 
 4 xy 

Thinking/Inquiry (4 marks)

5. Write as a single base – show all your steps for full marks. 
(a b ) 4 (a 2b3c )3
( a c 2 b ) 3
Communication (5 marks)

6. Complete the table below.

Graph 𝑦 = 4𝑥 1𝑥
𝑦=
4
Domain

Range

Intervals of increase
and/or decrease

Intercepts

Asymptotes