Exponent Maze, Evaluate to Choose the Path

Start with the three single rule sheets and keep the reference sheet nearby. Use the matching and true or false sheets to surface mistakes, then finish with a puzzle for review.

Evaluate the expression in each room, from 2³ × 2² to (3²)³, and follow the matching arrow to Finish. The directions on the page read: Start in the top left room. Find the value of its expression and follow the arrow with that value into the next room. Keep going until an arrow leads out to Finish. Shade each room on your path. An answer key is included.

Yes, both. We made it for 8th grade exponents, and it works the same at home or at school. At home, a student can work through it alone and then go over it with you, which shows quickly what is solid and what needs another look. In class it works as independent practice, homework or a warm-up, and you can print one copy or a full set.

To multiply powers with the same base, keep the base and add the exponents. So 3⁴ × 3² = 3⁶. Product of Powers With Integer Bases also includes negative bases such as (−2)³ × (−2)⁴.

To raise a power to another power, keep the base and multiply the exponents, so (5²)³ = 5⁶. A common mistake is adding the exponents instead, which True or False, Exponent Property Statements asks students to catch.

Work the rule backward. In 5³ × 5 to the ? = 5⁹, the exponents must add to 9, so the missing exponent is 6. Two sheets practice this with numeric bases and with variable bases such as x and y.

Yes. The Properties of Exponents Reference Sheet lists each rule with its form, a plain explanation and a worked example. It is a handout, so it has no answer key.