ASSIGNMENT
CHAPTER-12
EXPONENTS AND POWER
1. Simplify (1 / 32)3.
2. Evaluate: (5-1 x 82) / (2-3 x10-1).
3. Find the value of 'm' for which 6m / 6-3 = 65?
4. Evaluate [(1/2)-1 - (1/3)-1]-1.
5. Simplify: (-3)5 x (5/3)5.
6. Compare 7 x 10-6 and 129 x 10-7.
7. The size of a plant cell is 0.00001275 m express it in standard form.
8. If the thickness of a paper sheet is 0.0016 cm, find the thickness of 100
sheets. Express the answer in standard form.
9. Find the value of 5-3 x 1/53.
10. Simplify 25 / 2-6.
11. Express 4-3 as a power with base 2.
12. Simplify and write the answer in exponential form: (25 / 28)5 x 2-5.
13. Find the value of (2/3)-2.
14. Simplify: (5/8)-7 x (8/5)-5.
15. Simplify (-4)-10 x (-4)5
16. What is the reciprocal of 0.1?
17. What is the value of x in 5x ÷ 5–3 = 55?
18. Evaluate
1. 2-2
2. (-2)-2
3. (3/2)-5
19. Simplify and express the result in power notation with positive
exponent.
(i) (-2)5 ÷ (-2)4
(ii) (1/2)2 × (2/5)2
(iii) (-5)2 × (3/5)
20. Find the value of.
(i)(40 + 4-1) × 22
(ii)(3-1 × 9-1) ÷ 3-2
(iii)(11-1 + 12-1 + 13-1)0
21. Find the value of m for which 2m ÷ 2-4 = 45
22. Express the following numbers in standard form.
(i) 0.0000000015
(ii) 0.00000001425
(iii) 102000000000000000
Solution
Question23. Express the following numbers in usual form.
(i) 34.02 x 10-5
(ii) 9.5 x 105
(iii) 9 x 10-4
(iv) 2.0001 x 108
