Evaluating powers with negative bases worksheets

What is on this worksheet

Powers with some negative bases in parentheses, such as (−3) to the power of 3, where the sign of the answer depends on whether the exponent is even or odd.

• Include negative bases: On

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About exponents worksheets

Choose to work out the value of powers (2 to the power of 5 is 32), or to use the rules for powers with the same base: add the exponents to multiply, subtract them to divide, multiply them for a power of a power. Rule problems ask for the missing exponent, so every answer is one whole number.

Set the largest base (2 to 10) and the largest exponent (2 to 6). No value is more than one million. Negative bases, written in parentheses, can be switched on for evaluating powers, where an even exponent gives a positive result and an odd one a negative result. Every sheet has a solved example and an answer key, and there is a large-print version.

Printing

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