Exponents Take One

Exponents represent repeated:

A. Addition or subtraction

B. Addition or multiplication

C. Multiplication or division

D. Division or subtraction

• A. Addition or subtraction

• B. Addition or multiplication

• C. Multiplication or division

• D. Division or subtraction

3^3 equals:

• A. 6

• B. 9

• C. 27

• D. 33

What is true about a number with base A and exponent B?

• A. B is the number of A’s that are multiplied

• B. A is the number of B’s that are multiplied

• C. A is multiplied by B

• D. B is divided by A

How would you write the following expression in exponential form?

• A. 4^5

• B. 5^4

• C. 20

• D. 1,024

What is the exponential form of 1,000,000?

• A. 10^3

• B. 10^4

• C. 10^5

• D. 10^6

Which sequence is formed by raising 5 to the first, second, third, and fourth powers?

• A. 5, 50, 500, 5000

• B. 5, 25, 125, 625

• C. 5, 10, 15, 20

• D. 0.2, 0.04, 0.008, 0.0016

Which graph illustrates exponential growth?

• A

• B

• C

• D

What is the reciprocal of 6^-8?

• A. 6^8

• B. 8^6

• C. 1/(6^8)

• D. -6^8

Which quantity (measured in meters) would most likely be expressed by a negative exponent?

• A. Depth of a lake

• B. Diameter of a water molecule

• C. Length of a water bottle

• D. Height of a waterfall

In the equation 4^x = 1, what is x?

• A. 1/4

• B. 1

• C. -1

• D. -4