Quiz: Powers and Exponents

1. Which number is both a perfect square and a perfect cube?
a. 16
b. 64
c. 144
2. Simplify 50
a. 1
b. 0
c. not a real value
3. Simplify 4–2
a. –8
b. equation
c. equation
4. Simplify 3–3
a. –27
b. equation
c. equation
5. Which of the following has the greatest value?
a. 5–2
b. (–2)0
c. equation
6. 32 × 33 =
a. 35
b. 36
c. 95
7. 24 × 23 =
a. 212
b. 27
c. 47
8. 712 ÷ 73 =
a. 74
b. 79
c. 715
9. (32)8 =
a. 316
b. 310
c. 36
10. 83 ÷ 42 =
a. 2
b. 3
c. 32
11. Which of the following was done correctly?
a. equation
b. equation
c. equation
12. Simplify 23 + 22
a. 10
b. 12
c. 32
13. Simplify 63 ÷ 42
a. equation
b. 3
c. equation
14. Which of the following has the value 32?
a. 43 ÷ (2–1)
b. 28 × 2–3
c. 62 + 2–2
15. Which of the following does NOT have the value 25?
a. 32 + 42
b. 54 × 5–2
c. equation
16. Which of the following is NOT equal to equation?
a. equation
b. 123
c. 00
17. Which one of the expressions is NOT the same as 6–2?
a. equation
b. equation
c. equation
18. Which of the following is false?
a. 212 = 46 = 84
b. 120 = 60 = 30
c. 2–4 = 8–2 = 16–1
19. The square of 5 plus the square of 10 is the same as which of the following?
a. the cube of 5
b. the square of 15
c. neither A nor B

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