Exponents and radicals
Mixed exponent rules worksheets
Combine multiplication, division, powers of products and powers of quotients in 12 questions. Select the operations and positive, negative or mixed exponents.
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Powers of products and quotients worksheets
Choose product powers, quotient powers or both in a 12-question worksheet. Practice distributing outer powers and simplifying exact algebraic results.
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Read the grouped operation, apply the outside power to its factors, then simplify and retain the original domain.
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Start with a focused choice of operations or expression types. Combine them when the learner can explain the rule being used, as well as calculate the result.
Read the domain printed on variable problems. A simplified expression must keep any values excluded by the original denominator or radical.
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Learning objective
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Apply an outside power to a grouped product or quotient without confusing it with a sum.
Worked example
Simplify (3a²/(2b))³ for b ≠ 0.
27a⁶/(8b³), with b ≠ 0.
Cube 3 and 2, multiply the exponent on a by 3, and give b an exponent of 3. The original denominator excludes b = 0.
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- Use product-only or quotient-only mode for a first lesson.
- Circle the whole base of the outer exponent.
- Keep coefficient powers visible until they are evaluated.
- Check a mixed sheet by naming the law used on each question.
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