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1) Simplify each of the following algebraic expressions

(a) x × x2 (b) x × x3 (c) x3 × x7 (d) x4 × x3

(e) x4 × x1 (f) a2 × a5 (g) b3 × b2 (h) c3 × c4

2) Simplify each of the following algebraic expressions

(a) x2 ÷ x (b) x ÷ x3 (c) x7 ÷ x4 (d) x9 ÷ x4

(e) x12 ÷ x4 (f) x11 ÷ x6 (g) a7 ÷ a5 (h) y 6 ÷ y 4

3) Simplify each of the following algebraic

expressions

(a) y −3 (b) x−5 (c) a−6 (d) y −5

(e) g −7 (f) a−5 (g) x−3 (h) x−8

3) Simplify each of the following algebraic expressions

(a) (x2 )3 (b) (y 3 )5 (c) (a4 )6 (d) (x4 )−3

(e) (y 3 )−3 (f) (a4 )−2 (g) (x0 )3 (h) (a0 )4

4) Calculate the value of each expression

  −3
1 1 −3 4 2.
(a) 49 2 (b) 64 6 (c) 25 2 (d)
25

1 2 −3 −1
(e)81 2 (f) 125 3 (g) 32 5 (h) 49 2

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5) Simplify each of the following algebraic expressions

(a) 4x3 × 5x2 y × 2xy 3 (b) 9x−4 y 2 ÷ 3x3 y −5

1 1 5 1
2
(c) 5x 4 y 2 )2 (d) x 2 y 2

(e) 5x2 y × 3xy 3 × 4x4 y (f) 8x−3 y 3 ÷ 4xy −2

1 2
3 5 1
(g) 3x 3 y 3 (h) x 2 y 2 × x 2 y −5

(i) 8x−3 y × 3xy 3 (j) 24x3 y −4 ÷ 8xy −1

3 2
5 2 1 5 1
(k) 7x 5 × y 5 (l) x 7 y 2 × x 7 y 2

(m) 7x−2 y −3 × 2x3 y −1 × 3x4 y 5 (n) 4x−2 y −5 ÷ 8x−3 y −1

7 −9
10 −3 1 −1
(o) 2x 10 y 10 (p) x 4 y2 × x 4 y −1

(q) 2x−3 y 2 × 5xy − 3 × 4x2 y −1 (r) 9x−4 y 3 ÷ 18xy −2

1 −2
−3 3 −1 −1 2
(s) 3x 3 y 3 (t) x 4 y 5 ×x 4 y5

(u) 3x−4 y −1 × 5x3 y −2 (v) 9x5 y −3 ÷ 3x−2 y 7

2 3
−5 3 2 5 1
(x) 4x− 5 y 5 (y) x− 7 y 5 × x 7 y − 5

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