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Exponent rules worksheet

Simplify powers: multiplying, dividing, and powers of powers. Harder sets add numbers in front. Free, printable, and the answer key prints on its own page, so the work comes first.

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Exponent rules worksheet

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    How to solve them

    1. Multiplying the same base: add the exponents. Dividing: subtract them.
    2. A power of a power: multiply the exponents.
    3. With a number in front, deal with the numbers and the powers separately.

    New to this? The short lesson on it has the rules in one place.

    Check the key only once you've finished. A wrong answer is useful: find the first line where your working went wrong, fix that, and redo the problem.