Laws of Exponents

Zero powers and negative powers
Magnitude
Scientific Notation and Operations
100

Simplify 

2x 25 x 2x 32 x 34 

215 x 36

100

Write in expanded notation

7,856,234

(7 x 106) + (8 x 105) + (5 x 104) + (6 x 103) + (2 x 102) + (3 x 101) + (4 x 100)

100

Find the smallest power of 10 that will exceed it.

M = 118,526.65902

106

100

Change the finite decimal into scientific notation

7854.369

7.854369 x 103

200

Simplify

((-2)7 x 955)/ ((-2)5 x 954)

(-2)2 x 95

200

Simplify

(7(123456.789)4)0

1

200

Which is bigger? Show with power of 10

0.00001 or 0.001

0.00001 = 10-5

0.001 = 10-3

so 10-3 is bigger

200

Solve the following. Express answer in scientific notation

3.4 x 10-27 + 2.7 x 10-26

3.04 x 10-26

300

Simplify

5/x(11x4)

55x

300

Simplify

(a0 + b0)a0

2

300

Simplify answer. Round if needed

(2 x 107)/(8 x 106)

2.5

300

The sun produces 3.8 x 1027 joules of energy per second. How much energy is produced a year? ( a year has 31,000,000 seconds)


1.178 x 1035 joules

400

Simplify

(5x)7

57x7

400

Simplify

xy-4

x/y4

400

Simplify and round if needed

(3 x 106) / (8 x 102)

3750

400

On average, Mercury is about 57,000,000 km from the sun, whereas Neptune is about 4.5 x 109 km from the sun. What is the difference between Mercury and Neptune's distance?

4.443 x 109 km

500

Simplify

(a2bc3)4

a8b4c12

500

Simplify

(y-1)n

y-n or 1/yn

500

Simplify and round answer if needed

The estimated world population in 2011 was 7 x 109. Of the total, 682 million of those were left handed. Approximately what percentage of the world population is left handed? 

10%

500

Given that the mass of the sun is approximately 1.9 x 1030 kg, how many Venuses and Earths would it take to equal the mass of the sun with their combined mass of 1.08 x 1025 kg

approximately 1.8 x 105