Practice Powers With Negative Exponents (10.2) - Exponents and Powers

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Question 1.
What is the value of 2^{-1}?
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Think of the reciprocal of 2.
Question 2.
Simplify 10^{-2}
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Convert the negative exponent to fractional form.
3Question 3.
What does 10^{-3} equal?
- 1/10
- 1/1000
- 1000
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Think of how to express powers with negative values.
4Question 4.
True or False: 2^{-a} is equal to 1/(2^{a})?
- True
- False
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Remember the definition of negative exponents.
Question 5.
If a number is represented as 5^{-n} and n=3, what is its reciprocal?
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Remember reciprocal means flipping the value.
Question 6.
A cell's radius is 5 × 10^{-5} m. Express it in usual form.
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Think about how to shift the decimal point to convert it.

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