Evaluate Sums and Products of Powers

Start with Write Repeated Multiplication With Exponents so students see what an exponent counts. Then evaluate powers and finish with the expressions page.

Evaluate 12 expressions like 4 cubed + 9 squared and 6 cubed ÷ 2 by finding each power first. Find the value of each power first, then do the operation: 2 2 + 3 2 = 4 + 9 = 13. The directions on the page read: Find the value of each expression. Use the space under each one for your work. An answer key is included.

Yes, both. We made it for 6th Grade exponents, and the page works the same whether it lands on a kitchen table or a center rotation. At home, most families go through it together and talk the answers out loud, and that talking is where most of the learning happens with powers of whole numbers. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

The base is the number being multiplied and the exponent says how many times it is a factor. In 6 to the 4th power, 6 is the base and 4 is the exponent, so it means 6 × 6 × 6 × 6.

No. 3 squared = 3 × 3 = 9, while 3 × 2 = 6. Mixing these up is the most common exponent mistake.

Evaluate Larger Powers of Whole Numbers goes up to 8 to the 6th power = 262,144 and 10 to the 6th power = 1,000,000.