01 / QUICK RECAP
Connect the ideas.
- An exponent counts equal factors rather than multiplying the base by the exponent.
- For the same base, products add exponents and quotients subtract exponents.
- A power raised to a power multiplies the exponents.
- Every nonzero base to the zero power equals 1.
- Use brackets and operation signs to choose the correct law.
02 / TOPIC TEST
Put it together.
Choose a paper and show your working.
Index laws — topic test
Progress from reading powers to combining numerical laws and applying them to area.
15 questions · 27 marks · 45 minutes · By hand
Curriculum reference & lesson scope
Australian Curriculum v9 / SA Curriculum Mathematics
Exponent notation review; multiplying same-base powers; dividing same-base powers; powers of powers; zero index; combining numerical index laws. Negative indices and general variable index laws become Year 9 core.
Official curriculum source ↗