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Practice B
2.1 For use with the lesson Use Properties of Exponents

Evaluate the expression. Tell which properties of exponents you used.

1. 25 p 23 2. (27)2(27)

3. 426 p 421 4. (522)2

427 824
5. } 6. }
23
4 82

7. 1} 1 2
2 3 4 23
32 8. }
5

Write the answer in scientific notation.

9. (6.1 3 105)(2.2 3 106) 10. (2.6 3 1027)(1.3 3 102) 11. (3.4 3 1021)(3.1 3 1022)
12. (5.8 3 1027)(8.1 3 1012) 13. (4.5 3 104)2 14. (3.7 3 1025)2

Lesson 2.1
9.9 3 109 8.4 3 1026
15. (7.2 3 1023)3 16. }8 17. }

1.5 3 10 2.4 3 109

Simplify the expression. Tell which properties of exponents you used.

x8 y4
18. }4 19. } 20. (32s 3)6
x y27
21. (40w 2)25 22. ( y 4z 2)( y 23z25) 23. (2m3n21)(8m 4n22)
x 5y28
24. (7c7d 2)22 25. (5g 4h23)23 26. }
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x 5y26
16q0r26 12a23b 9 8e24f 22
27. }
28. }
29. }
23 27
4q r 21a 2b25 18ef 25

Write an expression for the surface area or volume in terms of x.

1 4
30. S 5 4r 2 31. V 5 } r 2h
3
32. V = } r 3
3

x2
x
3 2x 2

2x

33. Birds Some scientists estimate that there are about 8600 species of birds in the
world. The mean number of birds per species is approximately 12,000,000. About
how many birds are there in the world? Write your answer in scientific notation.
34. Biology A red blood cell has a diameter of approximately 0.00075 centimeter. If
one of the arteries in your body has a diameter of 0.0456 centimeter, how many red
blood cells could fit across the artery? Write your answer in scientific notation.

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 Answers for Chapter 2 Polynomials and Polynomial Functions
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Lesson 2.1 Use Properties of 17. 23125 18. } 19. 6561 20. 32
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Exponents 21. 5.27 3 105 22. 5.26 3 1025 23. 2.3 3 1023
Teaching Guide 24. 5.983 3 1012 25. 1.76 3 1016
1. 22: 3 2. 81; 9; 729; 729 3. 25; 125; 3125; 26. 7.0 3 1027 27. 4.8 3 109 28. 3.534 3 103

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3125 4. It is equivalent to the base raised to the 29. 7.84 3 106 30. 1.849 3 105 31. 6.0 3 102
sum of the two exponents. 5. A way to write
32. 7.5 3 101 3340. Check properties.
numbers using powers of 10 having the form
c 3 10n where 1 c < 10 and n is an integer; 33. b6 34. x 2 35. s14 36. 25y 2 37. z 4
6.4 3 107; 3.4 3 1024 1 x3 16
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40. } 2 41. 3.26 3 108
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1. a. (6 p 6 p 6 p 6)(6 p 6 p 6 p 6 p 6 p 6 p 6); 611
b. (3 p 3 p 3 p 3)(3 p 3 p 3 p 3)(3 p 3 p 3 p 3); 312 Practice Level B
5p5p5p5p5p5p5p5 1 8. Check properties. 1. 256 2. 2343

c. }} 5 5 p 5 p 5 p 5; 54

5p5p5p5 1 1 1 1 8
3. } 4. }
625 5. } 6. } 7. }
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4 4 4 4 4 4p4p4p4p4 4 5 16,384 256 262,144
d. }p }
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7 p 7 p 7 p ; }

7 7 7 7 7 7 p 7 75 125
8. } 9. 1.342 3 1012 10. 3.38 3 1025
2. See answers to Exercise 1. 3. For the product 64
of powers property, the exponents in the 11. 1.054 3 1022 12. 4.698 3 106
Simplified form column are the sum of the 13. 2.025 3 109 14. 1.369 3 1029
exponents in the Exponential expression column. 15. 3.73248 3 1027 16. 6.6 3 101
For the power of a power property, the exponents
17. 3.5 3 10215 1829. Check properties.
in the Simplified form column are the product
of the exponents in the Exponential expression 18. x 4 19. y 11 20. 531,441s18
column. For the quotient of powers property, the 1 y 16m7 1
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}
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} 24. }

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exponents in the Simplified form column are the w 10
z 3
n 3
49c d
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difference of the exponents in the Exponential h9 1 3 4b14

25. } 1226. } 2 27. 4q r 28. } 5
expression column. For the power of a quotient 125g y 7a
property, the exponent in the Exponential 4f 3 4 4
expression column is applied to the numerator 5 30. S 5 }
29. } 9 x 2 31. V 5 }
3 x 4
9e
and denominator to give the expression in the 32
Simplified form column. 4. Sample answer: 32. V 5 } 3 x 6 33. about 1.03 3 1011
The product of powers property means that if you
34. about 6.1 3 101
are multiplying like bases, the exponents will be
added. The power of a power property means Practice Level C
that if you are raising a power to a power, the 1 8. Check properties. 1. 25 2. 2187
exponents will be multiplied. The quotient of a 64 512
power property means that if you are dividing like 3. 1024 4. 256 5. } 6. 729 7. }
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bases, the exponents will be subtracted. The power 1
of a quotient property means that if you are 8. }
125
9. 2.139 3 105 10. 9.72 3 1026

raising a quotient to a power, you will raise both 11. 1.6 3 105 12. 2.0 3 1023 13. 1.0 3 1026
the numerator and denominator to that power.
14. 2.5 3 101 1522. Check properties. 15. x 6
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1. 9 2. 125 3. 32 4. 256 5. 1 6. } n6 d5 x 14y 2 q 3s 3
2 1
1 1 21. } 22. b 18 23. Sample answer: a 4b 4c 5
49 8. }
7. } 1,000,000
920. Check properties. z12
24. Sample answer: 6x 3y 4z 25. Sample answer:
9. 1024 10. 2243 11. 15,625 12. 1 2
1 25 16m 6n17 26. about 1.665 3 1025 27. a. }3 b. }
6
32 14. 27 15. 1,000,000,000 16. }
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