Mahone's: Exponents and Square Roots

Positive Exponents

100

7³

343

200

6¹

6

300

(-5)³

-125

400

(-8)²

64

500

2⁸

256

Negative Exponents

100

5^-3

1/125

How else can you write (-5)^-3? 

-5³/-5⁶ = (-5)(-5)(-5)/(-5)(-5)(-5)(-5)(-5)(-5)

= 1/ (-5)(-5)(-5) = 1/125

200

(-5)^-2

1/25

How else can you write (-5)^-2? 

-5³/-5⁵ = (-5)(-5)(-5)/(-5)(-5)(-5)(-5)(-5)

= 1/ (-5)(-5) = 1/25

300

9^-2

1/81

400

(-7)^-1

-1/7

500

3^-3

1/27

Square Roots

100

Square Root of 4

2

200

Square Root of 16

4

300

Square Root of 196

14

400

Square Root of 49

7

500

Square Root of 100

10

Square Roots

100

Square Root of 1

1

200

Square Root of 225

15

300

Square Root of 64

8

400

Square Root of 81

9

500

Square Root of 625

25

Base/Exponents

100

What is the base in 6^-5?

6

200

What is the base in 9⁷?

9

300

What is the exponent in 6^-3?

-3

400

What is the exponent in 12⁰?

0

500

What is the base in 16³?

16