5-18 Homework: Negative and Zero Exponents Honors

Simplify: Use only positive exponents.

• $-\frac{1}{16}$

• $\frac{1}{16}$

• -16

• 16

Simplify: Use only positive exponents.

• $-\frac{1}{27}$

• $\frac{1}{27}$

• $\frac{1}{9}$

• $-\frac{1}{9}$

Rewrite using a positive exponent.

g^-7

• $\frac{1}{g^7}$

• $g^7$

• $\frac{1}{g^{-7}}$

• $-g^7$

Simplify: Use only positive exponents.

• $\frac{1}{5x^3}$

• $\frac{1}{x^5}$

• $\frac{-5}{x^3}$

• $\frac{5}{x^3}$

Simplify: (-9)⁰

• -9

• -1

• 1

• 9

Simplify -4x⁰

• -4x

• -4

• 1

• -1

Simplify: Use only positive exponents.

• $-\frac{1}{125}$

• 125

• -125

• $\frac{1}{125}$

Simplify: Use only positive exponents.

• $\frac{7a^5}{b^3}$

• $\frac{b^3}{7a^5}$

• $\frac{7b}{b^3a^5}$

• $\frac{7b^3}{a^5}$

Simplify: Use only positive exponents.

• $\frac{a^3b^2}{4}$

• $\frac{4a^3}{b^2}$

• $\frac{4}{a^3b^2}$

• $\frac{1}{4a^3b^2}$

Simplify: Use only positive exponents.

•  $\frac{27}{x^6}$  

•  $\frac{9}{x^6}$  

•  $27x^6$  

•  $27x^{-6}$